The other day I mentioned on my status that I received a speeding ticket. I was doing 41 km an hour in a 30 km zone. I was so upset about it. I really didn't think it was fair because I was barely speeding. I justified it like this. Techinically they give you a 10 km leeway so REALLY I was only 1 km over the speed limit. I know that sounds DUMB, but thats what I was saying and how I was rationalizing it all in my head.
I really should fight this, I really shouldn't get a ticket, I really wasn't SPEEDING. It really wasn't that bad in COMPARRISON to OTHERS who speed 20 km or more over the speed limit. Too bad I wasn't going FASTER , because THEN I would deserve the ticket.
TODAY I realized we (meaning I) do the same thing with sin.
It really isn't a sin! Is it sin if I lie. A small lie, not even a big lie. A lie to say I was sick when I really wasn't! Oh I could justify it. I did have a scratchy throat. The kids in my home have a cold, maybe I am coming down with it. Is it really a lie??? Is there a leeway for lies. Are there white lies??? Are some bigger than others , some worse than others??
I didn't steal, I didn't telll a big lie. well at least I am not murdering people or robbing banks. Those are worth being punished MINE is not. It's small, harmless insignificant incomparison to what others have done.
BUT what I did was still wrong. It was still speeding and breaking the law. a white lie is still a lie. SIN IS SIN...SPEEDING IS SPEEDING! YEs sure the consequences are different. I was fined 80 dollars instead of 300 dollars.
BUT here is the GREATEST thing of all JESUS paid the price for my sins He took ALL sins, BIG and Small, white lies and murders and he paid the price for me and for you! I am so grateful He didn't say "well I don't need to die for Karen , Because really she just told a white lie. I will only go to the cross for those BIG sins" But he didn't say that. He went to the cross and took ALL SIN upon Him and paid the price for you and ME.
(I am not saying I have only sinned in small ways)
i am glad he didn't listen to the justifications, that i really didn't do anything bad. He paid the price and now I have to pay the price for my consequnce of SPEEDING. Unles someone wants to pay it for me....hahaha
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