16th of December, 2015

Psalm 15 and John 15

H,

There is, as you have rightly noted, all this propensity for sin and chaos in the human soul. This is the same as it has always been. It is no excuse when you have the final cure. There is no longer the “I cannot do it” argument. The word itself has told you that. It goes further and says you could actually never do it. You were well deceived when you thought you could. The falling down was actually a beautiful let down.

 Now that we have all that sorted out, we can move on to why we are really here. There is something above being wrong that is also above merely feeling you are right. That old lie that being in the light was merely avoiding the dark cannot hold water anymore. There is more to do than merely dodging potholes on the road. We are on the road to something grander than our dreams.

And isn’t everything we need just part of the road? Are we not changed from glory to glory by following and not worrying? We learn the dance by falling down and (add appropriate metaphor). We are not going to feel light about failing to live up to our faith. Nor should we because we care. There is, however, a difference between the sorrow that leads to repentance and the guilt that makes us stop and give up. One is Godly and the other is not.

Sooner or later, we will get this idea firmly rooted in our heads:         God is not going anywhere. We are the ones who can leave. His love is not less than the love He demands from us to show others. He tells us to forgive till perfection and He will do the same and more. His forgiveness is transformation and His love is an abiding sort. It is a scandalous sort of thing and there are parts of it that will hurt our sensibilities and make us uncomfortable.

So, as we approach this new dawn in God let us settle in our minds once and for all the unending nature of His Grace. There is no fragility here. It is a strong response to our battles with death and decay. It is the freedom to live outside of fear and an awareness of a throne that can handle our mistakes. He is not unaware of the sordid details. He just puts them in context. That context is love. Until we know the height of His forgiveness we cannot experience the depth of His love.

Tomorra.