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Brian Niece on Sin and Facial Hair 3
This is a continuation of Sin and Facial Hair 2 and Sin and Facial Hair 1.
Martin Luther once wrote:
“Original sin is in us, like the beard. We are shaved today and look clean, and have a smooth chin; tomorrow our beard has grown again, nor does it cease growing while we remain on earth.”
Over 3 weeks in growing the beard now. I’ve sort of plateaued with most of it. The gotee area continues to grow nicely.
Heather tells me she hopes I keep the beard and don’t cut it come Easter. I really don’t know what to make of that!
The growth is uneven. Just like my life, there are areas where sin can grow quite easily and some areas that will rarely if ever see sin.
This whole exercise has me thinking about original sin.
Could pride simply be my constant desire to trust myself and my ways rather than God and God’s ways? Is this the basest form of all sin?
Do I tend toward trusting in myself because I don’t want to become little … to become nothing … to be totally dependent on God alone?
I am attempting to “do” less in regards to faith. That is to say, when I try to “accomplish” less, I tend to trust God more. It’s at those times I’m closer to the center of God’s will.
SO TELL ME SOMETHING:
Do you struggle with trusting yourself rather than God?
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Brian Niece
www.brianniece.com
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