Monday is my favorite day of the week. I realize that I am not a normal person for saying this, but I do love Mondays. The reason being is that Monday is my day off; I do not go to either job, not to mention, I usually hang out with Elizabeth after she gets off of work.
All that to say, my Monday was going splendidly: I did some work at home, read a book for a while, and watched my TV show. I was ready to go fishing with Elizabeth and her brothers.
I was cruising along US 30 towards her house, on the phone with the aforementioned pretty girl when I saw a parked brown squad car that caused my mood to change. Soon, I was on the side of the road having a friendly conversation with the officer about the rate of speed of my motor vehicle.
Shocked, and slightly embarrassed at the sight of the ticket in my front seat, I continued my journey to Elizabeth's house. While the idea of $154 down the drain made my heart sink [no pun intended]*, I began to think about all the other times I had broken the speed limit, or committed any other traffic violation for that matter. I realized that in no way could I ever foot the bill, had I been caught for every single, minor infraction. If every rolled stop sign or forgotten turn signal had been penalized, I would be in a world of hurt.
The thought of an insurmountable debt caused me to think of the sin in my life. Much like the traffic violations, it is positively impossible for me to pay the price of my sin. No amount of money could ever clean that slate. But somehow, that price has been paid. God saw fit to forgive me my sins and redeem me into His kingdom, absolutely freely. The biggest difference between these two ideas is this: in one case, the offenses were not caught, therefore, not punished. (I didn't have to pay for speeding last week for example)
In the other, all the offenses were caught and punished. (Jesus' blood was poured out on the cross as a punishment for my wrongdoing and the wrongdoing of the whole world).
I thank God, Who through His Son, Jesus, paid the price of my sin that I could never afford.
*No seriously, that was on accident.
