Living the New Life

I fell last night.  I mean that I really fell last night.  I can’t hardly move this morning because I fell last night.  Get the picture  

It happened on the softball field as I left the pitcher’s mound to go after a little roller down the first base line.  I scooped the ball up on the run and reached out to tag the runner (which I did) and then everything became a blur until I hit the ground.  Hard.

While I was falling I did not think about how this would hurt in the morning.  I did not think about how everyone would be laughing at me.  I did not think about the consequences of my fall.  That is exactly how sin is.  While you are falling into sin you often times do not think about the ramifications for your actions or even non-actions.  I want to remind you that the stop is coming.

The prodigal son had it all.  He chose to take his inheritance and left to spend it all in a party lifestyle.  The Bible doesn’t reveal an awful lot about the fall but it tells us about the stop.  It teaches that he came to himself in a pig pen.  If you are reading this and struggling with sin; I pray that you will come to yourself and go back to the cross of Jesus Christ.  The fall may not hurt, but it’s the stop that will get you!