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+** Encouragement to do Good ...**
+What are words about sin for you? They can be a nuisance. They can can be disturbing. They can be
+distracting and repellent. We do not want to hear about our sins. We will find many arguments
+why the speaker is not good, why he himself is doing wrong. The mechanisms of defense are too clear,
+too common, they are working always in the same way.
+Yet, words about our failures are usually quite right. We fail. We do not do what would be needed.
+We lack justice. We lack love. We lack truth and truthfulness. We lack fidelity. The whole reality
+of this world is difficult to bear, so trying to hide or to get around it is quite human.
+Yet, in all of it, there is a better way. It is called "the way in Christ". In Jesus, we are forgiven.
+In him, we can accept truth, justice and holiness. In him, we can clearly see and admit where we
+fail - in many things. Since in him we are holy and just. In him, we are new creations. It is
+difficult to describe, a reality beyond our reality, and yet in the middle of all we know and are!
+The word about Christ Jesus is unbelievable. It is a strong fortress. It is a door to go through.
+It is a source of life, living water flowing day by day. It is a source of healing, for my soul and
+my body. It is fantastic new ground. A bright light, and warm gentle source. We are invited
+to find our home here. Breathtaking!
 (Roland Potthast)
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