I love the rain...as long as I'm inside! It doesn't seem to matter what I do to try and prevent it, but I get soaked every single time I go outside. I can't seem to figure out how to dodge the raindrops. If I do manage to remember my umbrella I seem to get soaked attempting to close it and tuck it away in my vehicle. And then I have those wonderful moments where I have managed to dodge the raindrops and remain dry or use my umbrella and remain dry and then I do it...I step into a puddle!
As I was walking across the cross walk this morning coming into my building it seemed to be raining sideways. I thought to myself it obviously doesn't matter WHAT I do I am going to get wet! I continued to hurry across when I started grinning from ear to ear because I started realizing that rain is nothing but an example of sin to me. Okay, stay with me here...No matter how hard we try to avoid the raindrops and stay dry we always get wet! Just like with sin...it doesn't matter how hard we try to avoid sinning, we are just going to mess up from time to time! We are sinners! "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God..." Romans 3:23 (KJV). I tend to beat myself up when I make a mistake...when I sin. I ask for forgiveness but yet I seem to stumble and stammer for days on end because I feel so guilty, I feel so, so, so wet!
Today as I walked into the building feeling my skin become wetter and wetter I realized that God truly is merciful and just to forgive us. And, every single time I ask him to forgive me he does...He wraps His big ole arms around me and dries me! "But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness." 1 John 1:9 (NLT). In no way do I believe this verse is a "free ticket" for us to abuse our Father's mercy and forgiveness, but it is comforting to me, someone who can't seem to forgive herself sometimes, to know that even when I struggle with forgiveness my Father always shows me the way...He leads by His example! Sort of keeps me dry on a rainy, windy day! =)
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Well, isn't that the truth? Sin is like rain.....it's gonna get you from time to time. Great thought, my friend. And, Praise Jesus, God is in control of it all. I am so glad I am not buried in my sin, and that I can freely ask my Redeemer to rid me of what has hit me, made me fall, thrown me from the path of righteousness.
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