The two lies of sin

Sin is a tricky beast.

It takes you places you don't want to go, keeps you longer than you want to stay and, always, costs you more than you're willing to pay.

But, I think it has two powerful weapons that keep us from slaying it.

The first is that your sin is too small to worry about.
It's just a little white lie...
It's not THAT bad...
Everyone's doing it far worse than me...
It doesn't hurt anyone...

The second is that your sin is too big.
You've been doing this for far too long...
If people found out then your life would be over as you know it...
This is something you can't get out of...
You're in far too deep now...

The irony, of course, is that, over time, we can believe both.
That our small, habitual sins, once ingrained, are now far too big in order to conquer.

It's when we listen to the lies of sin that we, once again, give in and cease struggling against them.