Good news

Well today Dr. Smith called and he said that the pathology came back good so I don't have to have any more surgery on the precancerous mole. Yeah.

So, I was thinking about this situation. First, I have a mole that looks a little bad, not too bad, but menacing. Then I find that after shaving it off it is actually worse than first thought so the Dr. removes a 1 inch margin and sews me back just to make sure it never comes back as cancer.

What about sin? That little sin. That sin of say eating too much or gossiping or lying. At first it's just a little white lie or overeating once. Then we feel guilty and try to quit. But the news comes back bad and we overeat. Or our friend gets mad at us and we call around telling anyone who will listen about the injustice.

So how do we create margin around sin so it quits growing and affecting our lives? Genesis 4:6-8 God tells Cain that sin wants to master us. How do we become the master? How do we overcome? Psalm 3: 3 states that God is a shield around us. So He creates the margin.

How do we totally remove sin in the first place at its roots?

How? More tomorrow...