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Mt. Sherman, Colorado
Gravity works even at high altitude.
This picture is of the remnants of the Hilltop Mine on Mt Sherman (peak in the background). I can't imagine people working in this mine at such an altitude. How did they move the lumber to build this mine? How did they survive underground?
All that remains now is broken timber.
Brokenness is a part of our lives, similar to the brokenness of the woman who had been caught in adultery.
"Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, 'Where are your accusers? Didn't even one of them condemn you?' 'No, Lord,' she said. And Jesus said, 'Neither do I. Go and sin no more.'" John 8:10-11 New Living Translation
We'd like Jesus to stop with the words, "Neither do I." We struggle with his words, "Go and sin no more." Like that's going to happen. However, forgiveness has an amazing influence on our behavior.
Do I think this woman returned to her life of adultery? No, not when her life had been spared through the mercy of Christ.
Do I think that this woman lived a perfect life after this event? No, she remained an imperfect human creature.
This is our daily tension as Christians. We're forgiven and we leave our life of sin, yet we also know that we're not perfect. We live in a daily cycle of remembering that we are broken and knowing that, when we go to bed at night, we'll give thanks for God's forgiveness.
Like Martin Luther in his morning and evening prayer, we begin the day by asking God to keep us from sin and in the evening we pray that he would forgive us...and he does both.
That's our daily walk.
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This picture is of the remnants of the Hilltop Mine on Mt Sherman (peak in the background). I can't imagine people working in this mine at such an altitude. How did they move the lumber to build this mine? How did they survive underground?
All that remains now is broken timber.
Brokenness is a part of our lives, similar to the brokenness of the woman who had been caught in adultery.
"Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, 'Where are your accusers? Didn't even one of them condemn you?' 'No, Lord,' she said. And Jesus said, 'Neither do I. Go and sin no more.'" John 8:10-11 New Living Translation
We'd like Jesus to stop with the words, "Neither do I." We struggle with his words, "Go and sin no more." Like that's going to happen. However, forgiveness has an amazing influence on our behavior.
Do I think this woman returned to her life of adultery? No, not when her life had been spared through the mercy of Christ.
Do I think that this woman lived a perfect life after this event? No, she remained an imperfect human creature.
This is our daily tension as Christians. We're forgiven and we leave our life of sin, yet we also know that we're not perfect. We live in a daily cycle of remembering that we are broken and knowing that, when we go to bed at night, we'll give thanks for God's forgiveness.
Like Martin Luther in his morning and evening prayer, we begin the day by asking God to keep us from sin and in the evening we pray that he would forgive us...and he does both.
That's our daily walk.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2013 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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