So, I have or had these 19 pine trees that ran along side my driveway. To be honest I liked having them there. It created a nice buffer between our house and the neighbors. Even tough they were all turning brown and were making a mess of my driveway and surrounding lawn I still liked them. Yes, I was even telling myself "they look pretty good". You might even say that I grew comfortable with them there.This past Saturday Myself and 6 of my friends cut them all down, chipped up all the branches and pulled out all the stumps. It was a long day and I can't thank my friends enough for helping me out. Now that they're gone there is a refreshing new look to our front lawn. It seems so much bigger and full of new potential.
Many times the sin in our lives can become a lot like my pine trees. Sin makes a mess of our lives and not just ours. It can also effect those that are closest to you. We think the sin we keep struggling with actually isn't so bad. We even can get to the point where we become comfortable with our sin.
We need to get to the point where we realize that the sin that's there is only hindering the potential in our lives. Other people can see it, even when you don't think they can. It might even look like a daunting task to have to deal with the problem all by yourself.
The good news is, you don't have to deal with it on your own. Jesus is always there for us to come to and to lean on, to pray to and give us ability to overcome our sin problems. We can even enlist the help of our good Christian friends to keep us accountable and walk through this journey with us.
