"The most mischief that I saw him in, was failing of comfort: for he could not turn his face to look upon his loving Lord, which was to him full near,—in Whom is full comfort;—but as a man that was feeble and unwise for the time, he turned his mind to his feeling and endured in woe."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 51)
What is the main thing about sin? It is believing a lie, a delusion. In the first sin, humans were tempted to believe a lie about God - that He wasn't good, that He was not satisfied with them, that He was keeping Himself back from them - and they were tempted to believe a lie about themselves - that they were not good enough, that they were lacking, that they needed by their own effort to become better or get something that would make things better. The truth all along was that God was and is good and always satisfied with us and always present with us, and the truth all along was and is that we are good, and we have all we need from God and that we are always with God. The big lie was to try to get us to believe we needed to become like God or close to God when we were actually already like God and close to God. Falling into these doubts and confusions has a terrible fallout, because we can withdraw from God in fear or shame, feel we are on our own to make life work, or look at ourselves in self-hatred and try by the knowing of good and evil to 'fix' ourselves. This is the effect of following the law. But grace is still present and still the ultimate truth, not law! No matter what lies we have been led to believe about God or ourselves, the truth still stands! God is good, loving, kind and always with us, always for us, always helping us. And we are good by nature and always in God's presence, always loved by God and always accepted by God. Christ came to remove the lie and all its effects in our lives so we could stop living according to the lie of who we are not, struggling to measure up by law or self effort, and begin to live and thrive in the truth of who we are, and the truth of God's presence, love, grace and life that has always been our birthright as God's dearly loved children!
"God cannot get [mankind] out of His thoughts...He has made man all but equal to Himself, He crowned him with His own glory and dignity.."
Hebrews 2:6-7 (MIRROR)
"His mandate was to rescue the human race from the regime of the law of performance and announce the revelation of their true sonship in God."
Galatians 4:5 (MIRROR)
A Prayer: Thank You for being the Truth that dismantles every lie that I have believed about myself or about You!