In the mid 1990's the youth pastor of our church gave a very memorable illustration to show how a small sin in our lives can become a huge problem unless we deal with it while it is still comparably small.
He walked up to the front of our church with two very long wooden two by fours that were about 8 feet long or so. Once there he placed both boards together on two sawhorses. On one end he placed a thin book between the two boards so that they were no longer lying flat against each other. While the book side was fairly close together, the farther away from the book, the wider those boards became until they formed a very long V shape.
Pastor Dirk then proceeded to talk about how the book represented our sin. At first it did not seem to disrupt the two boards too much but as your eyes followed the boards to the other end, they were far, far apart! His point was that we need to confess our sins and repent from them when they happen. If we wait to deal with each sin that we commit, the initial problem can become greatly exaggerated and what started out small can become, with time, very big.
But, as believers in the One True God we have good news!!!
"If we claim that we're free of sin, we're only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. On the other hand, if we admit our sins --- make a clean breast of them--- He (the Lord) won't let us down; He'll be true to Himself. He'll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing. 1 John 1:8-9
Have a good day! Love, Sue
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