Dear God

I pulled out my journal from DTS the other day and ran across a letter I had written. Maybe it will give you something to think about too . . .

Dear God,

Help me to understand the seriousness of sin. It seems easy to justify myself because I haven't sinned 'big'. But the price you paid to cover my sin tells me it's much bigger and more serious than I thought. It seems that penalty would befit someone like Hitler or Stalin; or murderers and adulterers. Not me, whose 'biggest' sin is dwarfed in comparison.

Reveal your truth to me about this. He who has been forgiven much loves much. My mind says, "Surely the sins I've committed didn't warrant the cross." That statement may sound prideful, but I wonder - How can I love much if I cannot grasp the fulness of pardon you've granted to me?

The response to my question, scrawled across the bottom of the page, was think of it in terms of relationship. I'll leave you to decide what that means . . .