Why Do We Do That?

We were having another one of those come to Jesus Family talks the other night.  With teenagers it seems these meetings are a bit more frequent.  We want to create a sanctuary in which we can be open and transparent with one another in our life together.  Elissa and I will begin with praise for what is going well and then into the dirty realm of sin...those traits coming out that are destructive, hurtful, and unhealthy.  After we share they have an opportunity to discuss what they observe in us.  This is the hard part because I always come away from those sessions upset by lack of being a great father..."Why do I continue to do that?" 

This week is the most Holy Week in all of Christendom.  A week when we need to simply claim our lives as a mess, works in progress, not there yet.  Lives like Pharaoh who continue to go back into the pool of sin and hatred even at the cost of his loved ones.  So troubling to ponder how as a leader of millions he could be so stupid to pursue them after all the plagues.  I have many of his traits, hopefully this will be the Good Friday to give them over to death on His Cross.

1 John is a brilliant anectdote to the question raised about our actions, "I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.  But if anyone does sin, we have an adocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world." (2:1-2)

Indeed sin is still very present within, but how healing it is to know Christ has paid the price. 

I pray for a consistency in which he is not paying on a regular basis...
What about you...are you closer to His image in your daily walk?

Heading to Golgotha,

Jeremy