the bag seems lighter

Tuesday August 16, Job 14: You'll watch over every step I take, but you won't keep track of my missteps. My sins will be stuffed in a sack and thrown into the sea--sunk in deep ocean. Most of us are good, none of us are perfect, all of us are loved. That love has brought us the gift of life here and now. That love has brought us the gift of life yet to come. Lives that are different and yet somehow the same. Different in that they happened during a time and during timelessness. The same in that they are surrounded by the love of the creator for the created. For now we have this baggage of sin thrown over our shoulder, then we will be free from the burden of carrying it. Forgiveness offers us a glimpse into the future, for a brief moment at least, for some, the bag seems lighter. Welcome to the kingdom.