Why do we put up with sin in our midst?  Let me rephrase that.  Why do we put up with sin in our lives even?  It’s ugly.  We go back to it time and again.  We are a bent people by nature.  Of course we chose it (as in Adam all die).  In our churches, we have come to the conclusion that it is commonplace.  We are not on a seek and destroy mission of dealing with the sin anymore.  Maybe we should be.

See, we sin or “miss the mark” when it comes to perfection all the time.  Nothing is new here.  It’s the same old game we play time and again.  From an old poem of mine I describe it as “puddles of life that we play in… splashing blood upon everything”.  We have become careless with the blood of Christ.  We can sin one moment knowingly and mutter out some prayer later, usually much later, about how sorry we are and how we are trying to do better.  Rubbish!

There are of course little bad habits we tend to pick up though.  Rather, addictions.  How do we deal with these?  How do we clean the slate and start over when we know we will go running back to the same old thing?

The Alcoholics Anonymous program did a lot to help addictions in our age.  The first issue is to recognize the problem.  Admit defeat.  Wave the freakin’ white flag and get over yourself.  Lay down the pride.  Insert your own phrase here.

I have been reading Louie Giglio’s book.  ”I am not, but i know I AM over the last few weeks off and on.

It’s resonating with me on this level that what we really need most is not another gameplan for dealing with sin.  We need to quit the game of playing with sin.  I can’t deal with it myself.  I can’t truly repent without God taking control.  I am small.  I am weak.  I am not I AM.

William Lehman

My passions in life are my family, my relationship with God, creativity and expressionism. This blog, decloned, reflects those passions. My belief is that all true creativity comes from the Creator first and foremost.