Run Back to Sin

My husband and I went miniture golfing on Friday and the lines were backed up at every hole so we had a lot of time to talk and watch people. I find myself LOVING watching people. It is so interesting to watch how people interact and what they do. I spent a lot of time watching a little boy who was delighted to be playing in a huge mud pit that was next to a baseball field. He would run to the mud and put it all over his sandals, and then run to the miniature golf course water and wash of his sandal. He would look around and make sure no one was looking and then cover his sandal again with mud.

I thought to myself, isn't that how we all are with sin in our lives. My mind got to racing and I thought of how many times Jesus had washed the stain that sin had left on my heart away, and how quickly I was to run back to it if no one was looking. It wasn't until the mom realized what her son was doing that he stopped running back to the mud pit. This is when God struck me with the importance of accountability in my life. I have to have fellow believers to hold me accountable so that I am not tempted to run back to sin.

I am blessed with many people in my life who hold me accountable and keep me walking with the Lord. My prayer would be that all believers would continue to lean on each other for support and be quick to offer a hand to other believers who are in need, and slow to judge.