Please don't mistake my grieving my sin as me being down. This is a natural response for a born again believer. Our sin should trouble us to the point of grief, it is only then that we are sick enough of it to repent. What is my sin? Well, let's just say that I understand what Paul means by Romans 7:15 "For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate."(NASB) I know that I am not alone, many others know exactly what I mean.
In an unrelated thought came across Proverbs 30:8-9 and was challenged to make this my prayer. It says: "Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the LORD?” Or that I not be in want and steal, And profane the name of my God." How many of us would be willing to ask this of God? It is one of those prayers we just might be scared of but want so deeply.
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