Sin

Here I am, sitting in my living room, waiting to go to work. I woke up early, and since I didn't write a blog post over the weekend, I decided to write one this morning. Trying to think of a topic, I decided on sin. Specifically, I cannot stop sinning. Oh, I do not do drugs, nor do I drink to access anymore. I have no sexual perversions. Those are not issues. My problem is being kind to people. Now most people will tell you I am kind to everyone, but I know that is not true. I have this problem of wanting to treat people as they have treated me, and not as I want them to treat me. And in the past year, some people have not treated me very nice. And so my reaction is perhaps that of most people, I want to get even, to hurt them as they have hurt me. I have tried to control it, tried to forgive, but it is so very hard to.

So I turn to the Bible, and use it as my strength to get me past these hateful thoughts. The Bible has much to say on hate. Here are a few passages:

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice

(Ephesians 4:31)

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. (Proverbs 10:12).

27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. (Luke 6:27-28)

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (1 John 3:15)

In addition to turning to the Bible, I turn to the Lord in prayer. By praying for those that have hurt me I am able to work through my hatred of them. I try to do this everyday. I really need to get into a routine of it, and with time I can get past my hatred of those that have wronged me.

Hatred is no doubt, my greatest sin, but I hope with time, clinging to the Bible and praying through to the Lord I can work my way through it.