I was thinking the other day about how sin makes my life miserable. I thought about how good life would be with no sin. But I can’t tell you how many times I have resolved to do better, to sin less, to follow God’s laws more, only to fail within the first minute of that resolution. So then I thought to myself, “I sin when I open my mouth; from now on I will only speak when absolutely necessary.”
I happily thought I had resolved that nagging sin problem with this new resolution, until less than two minutes later I thought something judgmental about a relative. “Oh no!” I thought, “It’s not only when I speak!”
Now that’s really a dilemma. If I speak, I sin. If I think, I sin. Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
The only way I can see around this is to speak only if it glorifies God and to think only about God. That’s it, just speak kind works and think holy thoughts. Ok, so I still mess up a lot (and will always mess up a lot), but I do think that at least I have a goal I did not have before. And the best part is, when I realize I’ve fallen short of that goal, I know that Jesus Christ will take me the rest of the way and make up for my transgressions.
