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September 20, 2008

Sin Sucks!

Or perhaps more accurately … I suck! It seems that sin just keeps rearing its ugly head in my life and heart and mind and soul. And it makes me weary.

So today I jettisoned my plans to go to some concerts in Chicago (I'm still gonna catch the one tonight at 9pm, though!) and decided just to spend the day reading and praying and reflecting and journaling.

I had gotten behind in my readings from the Moravian Church. So as I've been catching up, part of the e-mail from September 12 really pierced, deflated, reflated (I know that's not a word!) my inner world this day.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1

The Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. Mark 2:10

Holy Redeemer, your capacity to forgive is greater than our capacity to sin. Never let us take this gift for granted. Amen.

What a comfort these words are! As my Sin and sins continually find new "life", these truths are my only hope.

And it's a sure hope.

Because it's not based on me at all.

Thanks be to God.

[Further commentary added about an hour later … ]

Continuing to live through readings from this past week, I came across these two verses in Psalm 103:

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:11-12 (ESV)

Nice commentary on God's steadfast love and capacity to forgive, don't you think?

More thanks be to God.

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