Me: Howdy Prodigal! What are you drinking there?
Prodigal: A refreshing glass of water, I am parched from talking so much.
Me: Well just finish your water and I will share with you some thoughts!
Dr. Larry Crabb in his book Men & Women Enjoying The Difference writes these thoughts down.
Two elements then contribute to our casual attitude toward sin:
- An isolating and damaging world that provides us with excuses for self-centeredness
- God’s delayed judgment, which I might misinterpret to mean that he isn’t all that bothered by our sin.
I have used both elements and I have had a casual attitude toward sin and it left to a dead end road. Sin always hurts us and others. If you don’t believe me then ask that person who you gossiped about? Were they hurt? Ask that business person that you didn’t pay your bill too? Does it hurt them and the bills they owe? Ask that friend that you got angry with? Were they hurt? The good news is that we just turn our sins to Jesus and He has paid the cost for them. We also then repent in our heart and are truly grieved over our sins.
John 11:27
She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
