I had the
opportunity the other day to hear from some seminary students, and the
discussion left me somewhat saddened. A
key question that came out of our brief time of talking was, “what is sin?” This, after the Issue of forgiveness and the
totality in which it is given (or not!) was raised concerning the perception
that one of them had slighted the other.
Maybe I was being too serious in a matter that they were treating with
obvious levity. But my concern these
days is, ultimately, to see how God is glorified in whatever is going on. (Admittedly, it sometimes takes me time to
get to that point, so I am remembering that – and their youth - even as I think
about speaking with these students.) Just another thing to take to the LORD in
prayer – for the students, for me, for us all - much as Paul prayed for the Thessalonians in 1
Thessalonians 3:12-13 (KJV):
12 And the Lord make you to increase and
abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in
holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
with all his saints.
…that, as
the poem referenced (along with the above Scripture verses) in today’s Our
Daily Bread devotional says, we “may true and faithful be, and live for Jesus
every day.”
… and my journey with Him continues …
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