Don't let their innocent looks fool you

Sometimes these cats drive me nuts.  I make my wishes known that they don’t stick their claws in my leg, don’t eat the plants, sharpen their claws on the cat tree not the furniture, stay off the table, etc. Yet when I turn my back what are they doing?  Exactly the things that they know I don’t want them to do.  When I make eye contact or raise my voice they are on the run because they know that they are in trouble.

We’re just like that sometimes aren’t we?  It all started with Adam and Eve. God told them what they could do, and what they could not do. What happened?  Even though they spent a lot of time with God, and they knew that He loved them, they did exactly what He told them not to do and then they hid because they knew they were in big trouble.

I carry those same traits.  Though I want to do what is right, holy and true to my Lord, my sinful nature jumps out there and I do or say something I should not.  I’m in good company because Paul wrote that he had the same problem (Roman 7:15) “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” (ESV).

When I mess up God is there waiting for me to recognize my sin and confess, His arms are open to welcome me back.  I’m glad that when I honestly say “I’m sorry” God responds “You’re forgiven my child, I love you”.