Overcoming Sin in My Life

Today at http://www.ladybug-chronicles.blogspot.com/ the discussion of Overcoming sin in our lives. Praise be to God, that our sin does not forever cut us off from Our LORD. It is by HIS mercy that we are forgiven (side note: I remember doing a word study on the word

mercy

I shall never forget another choice of words could have been the word

pity

Somehow, when I read those words, I am truly quieted by HIS gift of pity.)



Does sin bother me? Absolutely, how can I be an example if indeed I cant keep on the path? Often I carry the guilt, especially when I find myself doing the same things again and again (how does that definition of insanity go? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results) I have also grown to realize the pain it must cause GOD each and every time we distance ourselves from HIS ways.

In the past, I always perceived sin as just "breaking the rules", through age and maturity, I have come to realize that sin is breaking away from God. Nothing more, wanting it my way, a selfish and arrogant path that pulls me farther and farther away from the one who created me.

When the Holy Spirit convicts my sinful ways...it is beyond guilt, I feel sorrow knowing that I hurt the One who loves me most.

Feeling the power of gratitude towards a God who forgives me so much. I have struggled through some dark times in which I felt nothing but total despair. Gratitude comes when HE pulls me out of these pits I have fallen into and brings "sonlight" to my life again. HE has given me so much, to often taken for granted.

Thank you Lynn for these weekly reminders