Ramblings

 I haven't rambled in a while, so let's ramble, shall we? I've been thinking about how weak people have become for some time now. Fragile in their germaphobia. I grew up in a different time. When I was a kid we used to play outside whenever possible. We got dirty and messy. We got scrapes and cuts and we continued playing. When we came home, if the cuts and scrapes were bad enough in mom's estimation, she'd scrub them vigorously and break out the mercurochrome. That hurt more than the cut or scrape! Then she'd slap a bandaid on it and call it good. As kids, we'd eat with dirty hands frequently if we weren't at home. We caught the usual colds and flus, measles, mumps, and chicken pox. Life went on. Now? People try to live in a germ-free bubble. They're OCD about cleanliness and have weak immune systems. They look to solve all manner of minor maladies with this pill or that pill. They're sicker than ever. Let's move on. There are men and women,...

 What is one of the verses in Scripture that gives me hope? "But God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8 LSB In what way? I am a sinner. Plain and simple. I have, throughout my life, in thought or deed, broken every Commandment. I am guilty before a Holy and Righteous God with no way to save myself. No sacrifice can wash my sin away, and no amount of penance can clear my sin debt. No work that I can do could expiate my guilt. Scripture teaches "For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 LSB Nothing WE can do can save us. So God sent his Only and unique son to do what we could not. To pay the price of our sin. He paid it with his death on the cross. He was our propitiation. He suffered the full cup of God's wrath towards sinners. He drank that cup dry. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only unique son, that ...