Thorns
Sin.
The sound of the word is ugly to my ears, and the deed is even worse.
So why do I continue to eat that fruit? Or in my case, why did I have that piece of chocolate cake tonight? I know that fruit (cake) brings nothing but regret. Nothing but self-loathing once I take that bite. No joy. No peace. No hint of the ideal God gave Adam and Eve in Eden.
So WHY do I continue? Why is it such a struggle to be good?
(p. 35) "There's always a consequence from biting the fruit." It's guilt. It's regret. It's the cost of disobeying God. And we all have to pay it, because none of us is without sin. Not one.
Somehow that doesn't comfort me. It doesn't help me to know we're all sinners. It doesn't make it right. It doesn't justify my sin. It only causes me to despair.
Keith Green wrote this song about me:
The sound of the word is ugly to my ears, and the deed is even worse.
So why do I continue to eat that fruit? Or in my case, why did I have that piece of chocolate cake tonight? I know that fruit (cake) brings nothing but regret. Nothing but self-loathing once I take that bite. No joy. No peace. No hint of the ideal God gave Adam and Eve in Eden.
So WHY do I continue? Why is it such a struggle to be good?
(p. 35) "There's always a consequence from biting the fruit." It's guilt. It's regret. It's the cost of disobeying God. And we all have to pay it, because none of us is without sin. Not one.
Somehow that doesn't comfort me. It doesn't help me to know we're all sinners. It doesn't make it right. It doesn't justify my sin. It only causes me to despair.
Keith Green wrote this song about me:
Romans VII
The very things I hate, I end up doing,
The things I want to do, I just don't do.
Lord it seems do sad, why am I so bad?
When in my heart I only want to be like you.
The very ones I love I end up hurting,
The ones I want to help I pass right by.
Now I want to be, finally set free
The grace you've shown, the love I've known,
Please let it shine through me.
I want to love them, the way you do,
I want to serve them, by serving you
Lord how I know your tender heart must be broken,
By all those unkept promises I've made,
The question still prevails, please take away the veil,
About how you forgive, and still you live inside when I fail
I want to love them all, the way you do,
I want to serve them, by serving you.
I want to be like you - Jesus I do
I want to love them all, the way you do,
I want to serve them, by serving you.
The very things I hate, I end up doing,
The things I want to do, I just don't do.
Lord it seems do sad, why am I so bad?
When in my heart I only want to be like you.
The very ones I love I end up hurting,
The ones I want to help I pass right by.
Now I want to be, finally set free
The grace you've shown, the love I've known,
Please let it shine through me.
I want to love them, the way you do,
I want to serve them, by serving you
Lord how I know your tender heart must be broken,
By all those unkept promises I've made,
The question still prevails, please take away the veil,
About how you forgive, and still you live inside when I fail
I want to love them all, the way you do,
I want to serve them, by serving you.
I want to be like you - Jesus I do
I want to love them all, the way you do,
I want to serve them, by serving you.
posted by Chris at
11:34 PM
2 Comments:
I too like this song.
By
Pilot Mom, at 12:46 AM
"Somehow that doesn't comfort me. It doesn't help me to know we're all sinners."
I, too, have felt like this. Why DOESN'T it bring us some comfort knowing we're only falling because it IS who we are? Is it because we are so busy striving to be right in God's eyes that the fall each time is so obvious?
When I was unsaved I could sin all day and it would bother me about once a month. Now I slip and say a bad word and I want to fall to my knees. Funny how that intensity for recognizing sin changes as your heart changes...
By
HeyJules, at 7:49 AM
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