Glad It’s Not Cat Poop!

One of my elders has a couple of great nieces that he and his wife love to have over to their house. They are about 6 and 4 years of age. They spend a lot of time with their great uncle and aunt. The other day the oldest child stepped in some dog poop while in the family garden and the uncle and aunt had to clean up her shoe. The matter seemed to be over, but as they were leaving the youngest one declared, “it could be worse, it could have been cat poop! It really stinks.”

It amazed me that a four-year-old could make that deduction. Then I thought about how we as human beings rationalize our sins. “Oh, I may have this sin in my life, but I don’t do that sin, it is a lot worse.” Don’t we rationalize like that? Jesus dealt with that with a “log-in-the-eye” story (Matthew 7).

Don’t get me wrong, some sins have more consequences in this life than others. But don’t miss the point – all sin demanded payment with the blood of Jesus.

May we as his disciples rid our lives of the waste that God calls sin. It is an honorable lifestyle. God will gives us strength and power if we rely on Him and not ourselves. May God’s Spirit empower His church to be holy. Live for God because eternity without him is worse.

Sid