JUSTIFIED

JUSTIFIED

The joy that comes from a fable told by the tongue. A nice tale said that will make what is wrong make sense.

But it never has the ring of truth. It just works so well to sound sincere even if what we are saying is not reality.

However, it does happen to make us so happy when we make it sound as if what we did wasn't really wrong. Or at didn't mean we actually sinned.

That is a hard word to admit to. We really aren't comfortable saying it in many cases. So we would rather view it as something we can explain.

God doesn't quite grant us that kind of option if we let his spirit truly show us the facts. And that will include us being imperfect.

One would think that being forgiven would be enough for most people. But it isn't. Nope we have to as some say, "walk the walk and talk the talk."

It is a nice sentiment. Would even be greater if we did have the ability to always do the right thing.

But the Lord knows the times that is not true. And if we could, but truly embrace faith more than trying to keep rules then perhaps it wouldn't be as complicated.

You really don't hear the word that much in churches. Oh you hear the word love a lot even if it isn't practiced.

And at the core I think is the problem that there is so much difficulty with see faith as it was intended. Oh we understand how that works in the basic sense of trust.

But it does get vague when we fall short on really trusting and get filled with doubts. Then we fall back to the comfort of works.

As if that will make up for our doubts. It makes it sound easier in some ways, it just isn't the truth.

What burdens upon us is the hope and need to know that God does see us as we really are. He doesn't expect us to actually pretend about our sins.

Nor think we can somehow offset them with good deeds. That is the barter system. A way of legalism.

And that never ends up bringing us to light where we can see what God wants us to understand. Which is the fact that we don't need to be perfect to be saved and even when we stumble he is still there.