I was sick for a few weeks and haven't been doing my walks with Linda. Today, we started walking again and although it was humid, we did the normal two blocks, so when I saw this picture, naturally it caught my eye. Sometimes its hard to walk, sometimes not, but its always worth it. That is what I keep telling myself anyway. It would be easy to walk around the block in the picture, but it probably wouldn't do any good. Facing the reality of that is something we all should do; the Corinthians did...
WEB: I Corinthians Chapter 6
[9] Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, [10] nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God. [11] Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
Today, we call sin by other names; somehow, by changing the name for what we do wrong seems to remove the consequences for our actions. But, the thing is... it really doesn't. We may call adultery "an affair" or homosexuality "gay" or living in sin "cohabitation" but they are what they are and there will be a price to pay. There always is; no matter what the sin may be. Paul told the Corinthians what they had been, in no uncertain terms and what God had done for them in equally descriptive terms. How God had cleansed them from their sins and made them sanctified (set apart for holy purposes). Walking around an "exercise block" on the floor is not the same as taking a real walk around the block and never will be. No matter what society may label sin today, it is still sin and the sooner that is realized, the better.