the road not taken

It seems that i have been doing a double bill lately. I should document the process a bit more rather than the product of each struggle. Every entry, a milestone, some revisited, some overcome. Last entry was pre-disciple. This is post-.

A. Sarah shared this and I want to document this so that I can remind myself of it.

"Becoming a Christian is not about becoming a better person, it is becoming a new person."

Becoming a Christian means you recognise that there is another road and I don't have to sin.

I don't have to slide down that slippery slope anymore because my chains are broken and I am free.

Most of us know we are free. but i don't act like i am. i forget that i are and i allow myself to be blinded to the other road. i believe the deception that i am destined to fall. i am sinful. it is my human nature. i can never break through this cycle (Lifehouse's "Sick Cycle Carousel" says it so well).

for the first time, i realise the power of that recognition. that recognition that is an acceptance of Christ's work on the cross, not about how good i am in resisting temptaion or how good i am about not sinning. the acceptance that claims that victory won for myself. me. Jesus did it, and that was for me.

i don't have to sin.