Marriage, love; Divorce, evil?
I have been wrestling with a couple of concepts lately that are very close to me right now. Through them, though, I am beginning to understand the way God works.
Not that this is super insightful, but I have been reading in Isaiah a bit and Proverbs and understand God's frustration with the whole sin issue.
In Isaiah, God speaks to Israel saying, 'Why do you persist in rebellion'? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted. From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness- only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil' (Isaiah 1:5-6).
Its easy to point out the faults in other people and see their open sores, but how good are we in identifying our own issues? If its like Isaiah is saying, we must be pretty bad at noticing the dstruction that is occurring.
Its probably a lot like those 'Before and After' meth pictures you see all over the place. If these people could only see the destruction that the addiction is causing to their bodies, they probably would seek to stop. But maybe not. Maybe they can't. The only way to fix it is to have someone help them and to surrender and be 'cleansed' or 'bandgaged' up.
God, through Christ, offers the cleansing. But first, instead of pointing out peoples faults and sprinkling salt in their open sores, maybe we simply need to hold a mirror up for them, and begin to help them apply the bandages...
Grace & Peace
PLW
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