Brad Barris
Romans 6: 1 - 2
March 20, 2014
NIV: 1. What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2. By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
The best part of being a grandparent is said that you can spoil your grandchildren without limits and then hand them back to their parents. What happens when we constantly feed our puppies scraps from the table during a meal? In both cases we have created a monster. No one likes being around a child, teen or adult who has never heard the word “no.” We cannot walk across the kitchen without the dog nipping at our fingers for the next treat. We haven’t done them any favors, have we?
God not only treats us with the desserts of Grace when He enters our life, but He also teaches us to eat some vegetables along the way. Just as a child cannot thrive on criticism alone, the child needs plenty of praise, too.
The tough spots in life are the sandpaper that makes us smooth. Sometimes we learn from our mistakes in life. Sometimes we don’t and we are doomed to repeat them. Thank God for Your everlasting supply of Grace.
Lord, thank you for loving us when we aren’t so lovable.
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