The Unforgiven Sin

So, today I had work at 5-10. I had talked to my volunteering boss that morning and went to my "NEW" house to clean in preparation for Thursday and also to cook a bit in preparation for tomorrow night, but, ya, mainly not much to talk about before work. Haha

So, apparently Tuesdays are really slow. Sometimes I work really hard and still have things I could be doing. Today it was the opposite, I was working slowly (because I had been walking and standing all day) but I barely had anything to do.

As always, too much time to think. I feel like God reveals to me more and more my own sinfulness when I am at work. Haha... And it stinks because so often I try to hold on it instead of dropping it and going back to God. But ya, I was thinking: sin separates us from God, and there is no sin too small as to only half separate us. Sin is sin, a single speck of sin on you and God can't be near you. A single case of disobedience caused Adam and Eve to be separated and kicked out of the garden. As I learned recently, the Quran says the same: a single rebellion caused them to be kicked out of heaven.

Point being: there is no sin too small and all have sinned. I know I have sinned. The big things are obvious, but there are millions of smaller things I don't even notice sometimes.

But this is really encouraging. Haha. Why? Because out of God's great love for us He sent His only begotten Son so that we may not perish, but have eternal life. He came to Earth, faced the same temptations, lived a perfect life, died in our place for our sins, and rose to life victorious!

Because of His sacrifice and victory He paid for all our sins. Not just the small ones we don't notice, but all of them, even the ones we think are so big that we can't tell anyone or be shamed and cast out of society for life, exiled to be alone. Those mistakes are paid for too.

So, although each and every sin is big enough to cause a separation between us and God, nothing in all of creation is big enough to separate us from His love; especially that shown through sending His Son to us while we were still sinners to pay the price and give us the chance to come back to Him.

But that's it, the unforgiven sin. We have the choice before us. If we choose to turn down His forgiveness, well, can we be forgiven?

If we choose to turn down His forgiveness, can we be forgiven?

No.

Luckily (not that luck has anything to do with it) God doesn't give us a final decision. We can change our minds, (and I'm not going to debate predestination and the doctrine of election here. Haha but I will say:) He can change our minds.

So, ya, even in my depth of sin, I know that Jesus, God, the Spirit are greater and I am free from sin in Him and will by His grace be transformed bit by bit into His image.

Ttyl.

D.Fa