Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Wrong and Dumb

2007 was a year I devoted to sin. I get some strange looks when I tell people that. "Yeah, whatever" they say.  "So you devoted 2007 to sin and now you want us to believe that you are closer to God than before?"  

Well, "yes." I now know why I wear sin so well; why it looks so good on me yet at the same time feels odd, like it doesn't belong on me.

 Sin is both wrong and dumb! I have seen it described as the wrong recipe for good health, the wrong gasoline to put in the tank, and the wrong road to take in order to get home. You can look into your own life for countless examples of sin as both wrong and dumb. 

The fact of the matter is that sin will never get you where you want to go. One book I read described sin as "not the way it's supposed to be." Instead of making life better, sin makes life worse. Not only is it wrong, it is dumb.