Another Beautiful Morning! It's going to be another great day...temperatures starting out in the 50's. Our highs are expected to be in the 70's again. Yesterday turned out to be very enjoyable. It was so nice I left our windows open all day and will leave them open all day again today. :-)
Tim, Connie and Joe will enjoy the cooler temperatures... :-). Arizona has be in the 90's...I'm not sure what Kentucky's temps have been...
I woke up with a headache this morning...I ate a few peanut m & m before bed so it is probably my blood sugar. :-(
Today I babysit the granddaughters, I need to pick up my medicine & a few more groceries and finish cleaning before company. I'm hoping I get everything done before the company arrives...
I also wanted to run over to Faribault to visit grandmas but not sure I'll get over to visit them today. :-(
I am so thankful for all I can do...
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Today's Bible Study
Our Casual View of Sin
By Charles Stanley
Read | Romans 6:1-7
Believers recognize the depravity of sin, but many continue to have a careless attitude about it. We hear people argue, “Everyone sins at times, so don’t worry about it. Confess, and God will forgive.”
If we are honest with ourselves about the nature of disobedience, we know the issue isn’t that simple. God is faithful to forgive (1 John 1:9), but His gracious provision isn’t designed as license to transgress. Commandments are in place to protect us from enslavement, which is the natural result of persistent wrongdoing. Each choice to break God’s rules, even for “little” sins, adds another link to our slavery chain, which eventually is long enough to wrap tightly around our heart. When that happens, it hinders us from enjoying the Lord’s blessings.
Any sin, no matter how insignificant it seems, is rebellion against the Lord. God didn’t come up with the idea of scales for wrongdoing; we did. We think a lie weighs only a little, whereas stealing is heavy; we view adultery as hefty but less substantial than homicide. Likewise, we reason that a lie needs only a small bit of forgiveness and grace, while murder requires generous amounts of both. Yet God’s perspective differs from this man-made notion. Jesus still had to die on the cross to forgive a lie. Though different sins cause different amounts of damage, it takes the same sacrifice to pay the penalty for theft as it does to pardon murder.
We are privileged to have a Father who breaks our human chains. However, we are not freed so that we can disobey; rather, God offers us freedom from the domination of sin.
Looking forward to another great day....
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