March 14

Psalm 51 Verse 3: For I know my transgression, and my sin is ever before me.

I like to believe I do know my transgressions, many of which I keep silently within my mind and heart. I try not to offend people, but in reality someone is probably upset with me for something I did or did not do. As I get older experience has taught me lessons, some hard to take, some painful, some economically costly. The lessons point out to me the necessity of loving my Lord with all of my heart, mind, and soul. The lessons direct me to love my neighbor as I would love myself. So how do we keep our sinful thoughts and actions under check, when we are abraded by people and want to seriously harm them? How does one love the unlovable? How does a person who is abused or tortured or ignored love a fellow human being inflicting the pain? There is a Native American saying: Walk a mile in another man’s moccasins before you criticize him. We would all be much better off if we did.

By the way, because yesterday was Sunday, I did not write for Lent. Sunday is not part of the Lenten discipline. Each Sunday is a remembrance of Easter.