SHOVEL AND ROPE
Sin is like a shovel in our hands. We use it to dig a hole. At first, it seems easy to step out of the hole, but as long as the shovel is in our hands, we feel compelled to continue digging. The deeper we go, the darker it gets around us as the sides begin to block out the light. Soon we reach a point where we are in the dark with the only light directly above us, and we can no longer climb out of the hole we have dug for ourselves.God's mercy is like a rope that dangles into the hole. It is always with us, with Jesus on the other end, and the hole is never so deep that the rope cannot reach us. While we cannot dig ourselves out of the hole with the shovel, we can always reach up and grab the rope. If we are too tired to climb out of the hole with the aid of the rope, Jesus is always there to pull us up.
But in order to reach up and hold onto the rope, we have to let go of the shovel. We cannot climb the rope with one hand and hold the shovel with the other.
What are the shovels that you hold onto?
Originally posted on March 8, 2010
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