Sin is Beaten

I was going through my old blog today and found this written there. From three years ago. It was meaningful then, and it's meaningful now.

Once upon a time...

No, that's not how it went.

A long time ago...

Much better.

...There was a boy, who knew everything. Well, he thought he did anyway. He grew up in a loving family, but as he grew his humility lessened...

Make sure you explain that it wasn't on purpose!

...Of course the lack of humility wasn't deliberate, but it was there none the less. The boy's name was Derek Williams. Derek's problem was he believed in works, not God.

That is a problem. And are you sure that his name wasn't a different D.W. we know?

ahhemm...Derek was a good kid, if you judge by earthly standards.

Which we don't *cough cough*

...And the problem with all "Good people" is they just don't need God. And that is the mentality that Derek possessed as well. So Derek fell deeper and deeper into his way of living. And I'm sad to say that he never learned from his mista....



HOLD IT!!! That's not what happened!



...As I was saying...However, one day, Derek realized something. He didn't know anything, he didn't know anything at all. Derek's world came crashing down on top of him. After years of trying to do it himself, he couldn't take the pain and depression anymore...he called on his Savior. He called on that man, that man that he didn't even believe in, acknowledge, trust, or love. And do you know what happened then?

What?!? What happened then?!?

That savior that Derek called, the one whom Derek had ignored and persecuted all his life, ...he came. Even though Derek was undeserving, he came.

That's my Jesus isn't it? =)

Derek never really got things together after that...

You can say that again!

...But he has finally realized that it's okay not to know what is going on. In fact, he is starting to figure out what his purpose in life is. But do you know what the most important thing that Derek Williams has learned is?

What would that be?

He's learned that no matter how messed up he is. No matter how much he fails, no matter what anyone may think of him, no matter what negative things he sees in himself, no matter whether he doesn't know anything at all...

Wow, there really is no hope for the Guy ;)

...Jesus, his Savior, sees it all and still loves him. And that my friends is why Derek, who still doesn't have his act together, is at peace. Because, deep down, he finally believes, and knows that his savior believes also...in Him.


I knew it was my Jesus =) There's hope after all!


...His sin is...As far as the East is from the West...from one scarred hand to the other.

Amen.

That story feels new every time I hear it.