A friend of mines father was arrested over the weekend for having child pornography on his computer and hard copies in his home. He will be arraigned this week. He has a wife, children and grandchildren.................
How does that make you feel to read that? We hear about it all the time. It is all over the papers and on the news, but this time it happened to a man I have known for over 30 years. So for me, the news of such a report has hit my heart, hard.
I am still in a bit of a shock. More so, I am just plain sad. I can't stop thinking about it. It is on my mind all the time. I prayed all through church today for the family. My friend is living a nightmare.
I am really sick about the whole thing. What a horrible thing to do. Children! Children! Does he even know what he is doing? How disgusting can you get? Can you think of anything worse?
Well, I am glad I asked that question because let me tell you something - we are all disgusting, horrible, wretched sinners. We fall right into the same category as those pedophiles, those rapists, murderers. We all have sinned and fallen short - all! We have all be weighed and found wanting! All of us!
Just because our sin is hidden from most or not as severe or depraved doesn't mean that we aren't still all sinners. A sin is a sin is a sin. I know that there are those out there who don't believe that and that is just fine. But for me, it is just that, a sin is a sin - period.
If I harbor ill will toward someone, Christ said that I have already committed murder in my heart (1 John 3:15). If I steal something, even something tiny or seemingly insignificant, I am still a thief. ( Ex 20:15). Jesus said if I lust after another then I have already committed adultery in my heart.(Math 5:28). The list goes on and on.
BUT, and I praise God for the but , We are saved, gloriously saved, by the blood of Christ and through that, amazingly God sees us as white as snow. Unbelievable! Remarkable! WOW!
So as much as I am sickened by what my friends father has done, I am also painfully reminded what I have done to Christ. Even though I have repented and put my trust in Him, the only one who can save me, I am still a sinner. But, thankfully there is grace..........
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, lest anyone should boast." Eph: 2:8,9
XO
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Thanks for posting this, Sue. I think sometimes in the church we think there are those "good" people like us who "qualify" for the Gospel - and then there are those really "bad" folks who are beyond the Gospel's reach. I was faced w/ a similar situation several years ago - only it was the husband of a friend. And I had to realize that - if that man was beyond the impact of the Gospel, then so was I. God saves sinners - that is our joy as His redeemed children, and it is our hope as consider the lost around us. Truly, there, but for the grace of God, go I - and what an amazing grace! Will lift this family up in prayer today...Christ's light shines brightest in the darkest places of life.
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