A sin is still a sin.

It's been about a month since I've sat down to write and man, do I miss it.  I've officially started my freshman year of college at Chemeketa Community College and am also working full time;with that said, finding time to write is nearly impossible. Before I sit down to write I like to have a methodical plan as to how I'm going to get my thoughts on a page. Let's face it, I'd rather blog less with more insightful things rather than blog often with mindless thoughts on a page.

Yesterday I taking an advantage of a few free moments I had and scrolled down my Facebook news feed. I found pictures of a close friend of mine friend at a party. ( To ensure their privacy let's call my close friend, Margo and her friend, Ashley)I wasn't judging in least ( God only knows I've been there too) but merely caught off guard. I texted Margo and asked her if her friend Ashley went to parties. She replied with, "Yes but only like two a month." There were two things that I found very interesting about her response which is what I want to share with you today. One; Margo's need to justify Ashley's actions and two; a sin is a sin regardless how many times you do it.

It's human nature for us to excuse the ones the we love. If someone we care about does something wrong we want to justify to make them look better. We don't want the ones we love to look bad which to some extent is admirable. On the other hand, if we excuse the actions of only those whom we love, but view the same actions as negative and a sin towards someone we don't know then we're being bias. Where does our personal opinions come in when we're excusing some but not others? There comes a point when we need not to excuse the person but rather hold them accountable-love the sinner, hate the sin.

Another detail I found intriguing with her response is, "...but only twice." if someone commits murder and it goes to trial the jurors aren't going to say, " well.. he only murdered someone once so he can get off scott free." They're going to acknowledge the fact that the man is a murder and sentence him to prison. I realize this example is a bit extreme but is the concept not the same? A sin is a sin regardless how many times it's done. It's just as bad the first or second time as it is the fifth or sixth? This goes back to what I said above; we excuse the ones we love to ensure their integrity.