The Devil's Dance
Today we'll be reflecting on Paul's letter to the Romans, a special passage that I selected because it makes me feel less alone. It's one of Paul's rather rant-ish monologues, so maybe that's why I relate to it so much. Or perhaps it's my human nature that connects me to his writings... the world may never know. It's going to sound pretty depressing, I'll warn you. But I'm determined to understand it, because if there's even a glimmer of hope in it, I want to find it. Read his words in Romans Chapter 7, starting at verse 15 (my thoughts are NOT in italics) "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. (Redundant, but oddly relatable) And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. (Wait, what?) For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do w...