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Andy - 2008-10-11 03:50:09
Jeff, I got your comment from my "Zion" entry, and actually I think you expressed this very well. I'd like to go back and read it again, to catch some more of it, but I think you're identifying the sin dilemma pretty closely as it's presented in Romans 6. Also, the occasion of returning home from your graveyard shift and finding yourself tired, as well as alone, reminds me of my own personal triggers. It's easier to give way to certain sins when I'm tired, or when nobody is around to see me sin. Tiredness alone creates a kind of vulnerability. It would be interesting to see if a psychologist had more of an answer as to why we tend not to sin when we're in our element, in the course of our active lives in the world. I'll keep praying for you, as I'm sure you will for me, because, as you said, we have nothing to lose (and everything to gain) by forsaking these sins. I think that might be why I was led to 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 tonight, even though I had only intended to look up which verse in 2 Cor 7 was the Scripture I was thinking about. (I wrote about it my "Promises" entry.) I think God wanted me to read the last five verses of 2 Cor 6, because he *promises* to be a Father to us, and for us to recognize that we are his children, when we cease to identify with the spirit of the world and with those who embrace that spirit. Thanks for writing.
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Jeff - 2008-10-15 22:26:57
Right on, Andy. Thanks for reading!
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