DOWNHILL

A steady slide away from what is important. How the heart so easily does move at times. We don’t plan it, but it happens.

And when it does we move so often unwillingly in our thinking. Though in reality it is an easy shift.

I am always amazed how often I hear the most incredible things people say. They will have all kinds of reasons to explain their decay.

All of the information will be interesting. Not necessarily true, but we do love to share our view of the truth.

The one thing that is rare is to have someone simply say they can’t control something. Which is truly so obvious when you see the facts.

When this intrudes upon the arena of faith it turns into a really sad farce. All the sadness that ensues in the process.

Because again what is lost is the joy of grace. The ability to accept God takes us as we are.

That is the part that where we need to explain that sin really isn’t sin. And even if it is, it is different from real sin because we are good.

I would hate to think how dumb that sounds. But you never know how many times it happens.

The incredible conversations people come up with in church settings. As if having it said in that location makes it okay.

How sad it is when we need these times of making sin out to be other than sin. To make ourselves seem other than as sinners.

God will of course always take us to the point where we must face the truth. Which is never comfortable.

Now if somewhere along the way we learn and accept the need for grace then it is a blessing. Been to many places where that is not true.

But I am grateful for how often God is merciful. Just the small joys along the path of salvation.

And sometimes we even encounter others along the way. We might all have confused looks, but it is great to be on the same path.

Time for celebration when we can have it.