Saving Grace
The weight of sin is a terrible thing, and everyone can feel it. Even if it is not our sin, we are still capable of feeling it, grieving for it. You see, in reality sin belongs to all of us, we are inescapable of it. We are capable of feeling sin in a variety of ways. But, grieving for it is by far the most breathtaking. Some of us may never feel the various effects of all the kinds of sin. Some of us are somehow protected from it, perhaps by the correct behaviors and prayers of our parents. There are some, whom thru various means intentionally numb themselves from all feelings, including the weights of sin. Even the youngest child begins to feel the weight of sin, as they begin to do wrong, and then attempt to deceive their parents to cover for the sin. I can think back many years, remembering to when I was just a young boy, doing wrong, knowing I was doing wrong, and posting a lookout so as not to get caught. Of course, I had no idea what I was doing, but I knew that it was wrong, and that I didn’t want to get caught. As an adult, fully baptized long ago, I realized that for some this childish behavior of sinning, and trying to cover for it never leaves. But, I do know that sooner or later, the cover is blown, and simply put, there will be hell to pay for it. For some, perhaps they pay for it daily. For others, perhaps the most severe, pay for it minute by minute. I think perhaps this keeps many of our worlds’ various professionals in business. Repeatedly “helping” others who’s cover has been blown, and the sin has been revealed, exposed. Although this worldly revealing is punishing, it is nothing compared to the revelation that all of us will receive from our Lord God. No one has to teach us how to sin, we are born into it. Just as no one teaches our hearts to beat, or our lungs to breath, it just happens. But back to grieving, the most grievous of all sin, is that which is shown to us by those whom we love the most. If you can, try to imagine swimming in an ocean of uncured cement. It hurts the worst, and takes the longest to heal, and it is the hardest to forgive as in Deuteronomy 5:9 and Numbers 14:18. I think, hard for our Father in heaven to forgive, and therefor hard for his children to forgive. You see, learned behavior can be both good and bad… depending on what is being taught. I pray, teach your children well. For just as we are born into sin, there is also goodness in us as Genesis 3:22 states, “Then the Lord God said, ‘behold man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil.’ And so while this was a terrible turn in what our relationship with God could have been, there was and is still “good” in us. That good, is no other than the Lord God himself, as we are created in His image. God was not going to let all be lost, even so God had a plan which is now and forever active and forever in place as Hebrews 8: 12-13 states, “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
Nicholas David Fedorow
10-30-2025
