So have any of you ever come across a mental or creative block... a sort of break away from the driving forces that our passions give us... That is what happens to me when I sin... it's a form of the death that happens to my life that exposes me the ruthlessly elusive effects of sin on my life... So when this happens to a creative (or anyone for that matter) there is something that breaks within us... something that needs to be restored, to be brought back to life...
Death...
...the permanent ending of something vital...
So although those who follow Christ are free from eternal death... there is still very real radical effects of death in our lives when we sin... when we are separated from God or broken from communion... from fellowship... (Although to stop all of the nay sayers out there that I may be inferring to a separation from God even after salvation... I am merely inferring that with sin there needs to be confession, recognition, and re-establishment of communion with the "Holy" God).
With this separation sin infects us like a virus... it tethers and weighs us down like chains...
Have you ever seen or read about the chains on Charles Dickens "Marley" when he confronts Scrooge... that's how we are when we sin... we may be alive and able to move and breath, but we are dragging, rattling, and rusting away under the weight and effect of sin...
So here we are coupled, chained, marred by the chains of sin, the death in sin...
We are free from the eternal consequences of sin through Christ, but there is a very real shadowy illusive, tangible death that comes with our sins...
People can act and talk with others differently... they can be hindered in their own growth with God, they can be robbed of real experiences with others that would could have been...
Sin causes death that sometimes leads to fear... to doubt... to feelings of low self confidence and gives rise for the powers of this world to latch on to something... to light the fire under the death...
What is worst is that when we sin, often we (and I) don't realize the death that comes with the sin...
Relationships with others breakdown... it robs me from intimate relationships from others...
BUT....
Sin and Death do not always remain and they are defeated, eradicated by Christ and His sacrifice... and either immediately or over time the death goes away... The death no longer has a strangle hold over our lives and just like a wonderful new infant, we are restored to who we were created to be...
So death happens...
But forgiveness and restoration is eternal...
Blessings to you all,
Sam
