Do those who have been saved weigh less than those not?
When I have been knowingly bad do I put on lbs?
Is confession like doing weight watchers?
Is forgiveness having a detox?
I was raised on the spiritual food groups. Bible. Church. Sin. Seems to me, looking back, that is a very frugal diet for a young man with appetites.
Do those who have been saved look thinner than those not?
When I have been knowingly bad do I get flabby?
Is confession like doing weight watchers?
Is forgiveness having a detox?
I thought love was smiling at everyone. I thought love was chatting to everyone. I thought love was something God did to us. Because I never knew what love was at all.
When I was saved did I look heavier before?
When I have been knowingly good am I thin?
As I journey I have less and less interest in sin. Sin bores me. Sin distracts me. Sin has become a label for something I no longer understand. For something I am told I must.
Is confession like doing weight watchers?
Is forgiveness having a detox?
Sin no more, Jesus said. Cured and “sin no more”. And I wonder … What if he meant it? What if “sin no more” was: sin “no more”? What if I … sin “no more”? What if I am free … “of sin”?
Confession is good for the soul
But confession of what.
Confession for who?
What if we would not let go of sin – just so that we didn’t have to love?
What if: “You are cured and can only love”, we didn’t get on with?
What if heaven is now, and what if … we chose hell?
We seem to want to see a lifetime of suffering.
We seem to wish it upon ourselves.
.
You are cured and can sin no more.
Would leave so much more room for love.
.