Ladies, I would like to apologize about how long it has taken me to post again. I allowed myself to get caught up in things that were going on around me and let my book reading fall to the wayside.
It feels as though the further I read this book the more applicable to my life it is. I am constantly amazed by the sin in my life that I have never realized was there. Each chapter I read I think wow this is so true!
The first sin that is covered is the belief that we can sin and get away with it. I completely agree with the author that we fall into this because we don't see an immediate reaction/discipline to a sin we just committed. Its not that I don't believe that we won't reap what we sow but looking long term instead of just in the moment is not something I look at when I sin, whether it is consciously or subconsciously.
Some of the sins that the author highlighted and that I highlighted as well are, lack of restraint causes lack of restraint in other areas of life and indulgences we make can also be reproduced in our children. Talk about sin passing on to the next generation. Another on I can see in my life and society is the entertainment of oneself of reading, movies, TV etc. and not always stopping to think of the repercussions. I have gotten better at this but I still stumble. Another big thing is holding a grudge. You never think about how this will affect your life, causing you to be unhappy bitter and stressed out. If we are unhappy and bitter those around us (children) will also be. Not something I want to pass on to my children. My favourite line in this section is, "The Truth is that every choice we make today will have consequences." I think this could stand for both good or bad choices.
The next lie of believing our sin isn't really that bad I feel comes from society (and ourselves) wanting to justify our actions and not see them as sins. Who wants to think that wasting your time, talking to much, overspending, being selfish etc are sins. Those are weaknesses and too many times we push them off as personality traits or even worse in my mind, something we do because of situations in life that have made us that way. Once again it takes away from our responsibility which the author talks about in sin #16. We are responsible for our actions.
The lie of God not being able to or won't forgive my sins is something I struggle with in a different way then described in the book. My struggle is for my repeated sins a small portion of my mind wonders why God continues to forgive my repeated sins and if He will get "tired" of it. This ties into lie #17 I cannot walk in consistent victory over sin. If I already have it in my mind I wont succeed or I believe I am going to sin again, I will.
In closing this book continues to amaze me and open my eyes. I was very skeptical at first but I am very thankful this was the first choice and book read.
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