I currently don't have the mental energy to give this subject the time and analysis it deserves. So, please to be forgiving the slapdash feel of these thoughts. ;o)
I've been thinking a lot lately about this:
In the denomination in which I grew up, either I was taught, or I absorbed as though through osmosis, that mistakes and sins are the same thing.
They are not.
Sometimes, I do the wrong thing for the simple reason that I am a human being.
I am a child who has not yet acquired all the necessary skills for leading a life free from mistakes.
I understand the difference between good and evil. But sometimes, I just don't know any better than to do something. Sometimes, I just make a mistake. It's not a sin. It just wasn't the right decision.
Like I said, there's more to it than this, but that's all I have brainpower for right now.
Ending thusly:
"God knows quite well how hard we find it to love Him more than anyone or anything else, and He won't be angry with us as long as we are trying. And He will help us."
--C.S. Lewis
in Letters to Children, 6 May 1955
(Emphasis mine)
Sunday, October 18, 2009
God knows kids screw up
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wow man, that was surprisingly deep for a quick stop by your blog (but of course when I think about it what can one ever expect from courtney!). thanks for sharing. will be passing it on to others!
Yes, but I think one should always bear in mind the words of a former Archbishop of Canterbury: "I am not altogether against sin".
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