"On the Road Again"

I am leaving for New York so this will be my last blog writing until I return. I will begin writing again on Sept. 21.

I was recently reading about a cave in Southern Mexico called the Cueva de Villa Luz or "Cave of the Lighted House." The path to the cave winds through a wonderful paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. The cave is fed by 20 underground springs which are beautiful watercourses that team with tiny fish. The cave itself is home to a spectacular rock formations and beautiful ponds. The environment is so beautiful, so inviting and almost like a dream world. There is one problem - the Cueva de Villa Luz is filled with lethal poisonous gases!

As I read about this it struck me that's the way sin operates. It presents itself to us as something inviting, attractive and at times, life giving. Yet in reality, it is poisonous, toxic and deadly! Sin can be pleasurable! Moses realized this when he was called the son of Pharaoh's daughter (Heb. 11:25). That's what makes it so destructive. Songs are written about sin being so good that it can't be wrong! Before long, people are taken captive and held in its cord. Once enslaved, only through the power of God will one be able to find their way out.

Don't be deceived by the appearance of things. Sin is deadly and in the end, it will cost you your soul.