I see sin...

Fighting and bickering....
nit-picking and bullying...

That's what I saw today.
Sin.

Sin is prevalent everywhere~ it is in everyone and in every motivation behind each action. 

The very best is always tainted with sin.

My very best is never good enough.

So~ why try?
Why interact with the world that is so hurtful and sinful?
What's the other option?
Death?  Whether it is physical or emotional, death is the end to the life God gave me.

Sin cannot win!  Jesus has already won!!  How can sin win when it has already lost?!
Sin pretends there's still a chance it'll win~ but Jesus won!  Completely and forever!!

That is why though there is sin everywhere, there is God's grace.  Though all I do is tainted with sin, in Jesus' name, I am clean.  Though my very best is never good enough, Jesus' is always the best. 

He calls me His.  I am His~ and He covers me.  He says, It Is Finished.  Period.
Now~ here on earth, His kingdom is here, but not yet completely.  His victory is won, but not yet realized~  It is the "already, and not yet" paradox... We are His, and yet, we are still here.  We are citizens of Heaven, yet, we still live on earth.  We are forgiven and declared righteous, and yet, we still sin.  :/

I await the day when the shackles of this earth lets loose and I fly into the arms of Jesus~ who's hands will wipe my tears and comfort me~ who's voice I long to hear, who's eyes I want to gaze into, who's arms I want to fall into~  Until then, my faith will be my ears and eyes, and my hope be the strong arms that wrap around me, holding me up.  :)  I know Jesus is here.  I know Jesus loves me.  I just want Him to come back soon~  I want Jesus to make everything right.  :)