SIN IS UNIVERSAL, NOT EXCLUSIVE...

I am not smokin' crack, I am not high,
I am not bullying others, I cause no one to cry,
I am not a gangsta, I am not out to play,
I am not a thief, I am not hustlin' for pay,
I am not pimpin', I am not doing hold-ups,
I am not carjacking, I am not holding out tin cups,
I am not threatening, I am not packing,
I avoid many temptations, yet, I am not lacking,
In sins of my own...lw'13

It is SO difficult for us to REMEMBER that NONE, NOT ONE is without sin! It is SO hard for us to fess up to the FACT that we sin! EACH, and EVERY one of us sins, we err, we do that which IS against THE LORD, EVEN IF we are determined not to!!!

Where did the measure between sins begin? In the egocentric, carnal mind of the human condition, though, there is NO such measure!!!

SUCH a trying, and complex area of understanding is this! When we determine that another person's sin is worse than ours, we are sinning! WHO is safe from this? Yet, we MUST MASTER this area of understanding, for many reasons, but one is, MERCY! *GOD* bids that as HE IS MERCIFUL, we also, be merciful, and so, to assume that our sin is less than any number of people's, is to defy HIS WILL! Still it IS SO difficult for us to remember in each second of the hours of this time, BEFORE our tongues, or minds do so!!!

MERCY covers a LOT of ground, you know? When we are merciful, we are not judging, we are not condemning, we are placing ourselves higher than we are; instead, we are humbled, understanding, patient, and of virtuous mentalities which DON'T condone wrong-doings, but which, DON'T see us dishonestly, patting ourselves on the back for being nearly perfect:)))

CHRIST JESUS, our LORD *GOD*, HOLY SPIRIT, and SAVIOUR, LED BY EXAMPLE, and so should we, BY working through our OWN deficiencies, and living aligned to HIS WILL! IF we were to DO this, we would be TOO busy to point fingers, make judgements, and thus, create MORE problems!!!

We have to ALWAYS be working through OUR sets of challenges, because I am here to tell you, the enemy INCREASES his efforts for those elevating in spirit! To determine that someone's sin is greater than ours, is one of his tactics to lower us!!!

HOW do I REMEMBER, at ALL times, that MY sin is no less? I PRAY, and I repent, and I ASK for greater strength in ALL matters, especially ones such as this that has the QUICK potential to chain me to the human condition! I study, I CONSIDER the SOUND reasoning for this lesson, and I, through diligently repeated application, and reminders, keep at it! THE LORD KNOWS I am prone to err, but that I apply HIS WILL in effort, I am DOING THE BEST I CAN DO!!!

Sin is sin, we are to hate the sin, but LOVE the sinner, which in these times, is increasingly challenging, as so many deny that they are sinning, and in their defense of their behaviours, try most people in their path!!!

May THE LORD guide those who seek HIS WILL, and may WE be REMINDED ALWAYS that we are NOTHING without HIM! Let us HONOUR HIM in our ways, and BY BEING what we SHOULD be, instruments of HIS WILL!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2013