I like imagining I am in a movie
because when I mess up I can just snap my imaginary board and say, “Take two.”
God is great in that He allows us to start over, but it’s different than a
movie “take.” Mistakes can have lasting consequences.
I know people that wish they
could have the tattoos and scars from piercings removed without a major skin
draft. Some wish they had never taken that first drink. Some cannot change the
surgical alterations they made to their bodies. They can’t change it back. Many
have scars from accidents and fights. Some are spending the rest of their lives
in jail. Some struggle with psychiatric issues. Guilt cripples others.This list
could go on…
Sin always hurts someone. It
causes emotional, mental and physical pain to the sinner. It affects all those
around him/her. The prodigal son hurt his parents, siblings, servants, friends
and people he met. The sin may be legal.
It may even seem harmless, but if it leads someone down the road away from God,
it has caused pain with eternal consequences.
Sin hurts the innocent – it put
Jesus on the cross. It’s better to get it right than have several “mis-takes”
with scars.
“And when he had spent all, there
arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.” Luke 15:14.
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