sin – happyreign

I think about writing as often as I have a thought most times. My reason for coming back here is my decision to reopen the flow. I think the idol that has kept me from transparency is the threat, “What will they think of me?” In 2026 this thought has to die. It is an immobilizer and usurper of life.

The most common my fear of perception I carry is ‘hypocrite’. That my words and my inspiration are invalidated by my life. That what is written here – in the wide open fields of processing time – would be determined by those who know me in real life as not true to how I live. In this way, I have bowed to the idea that you are fit to be my judge. Since Jesus recently fired me from being my own judge – he’s says I am not qualified – I guess I am no longer comfortable giving the imagined version of you the ability to determine my hypocrisy and am just getting on to enjoy my writing again.

I am writing not for people to see me, but for people to see Jesus. And, if I allow myself the vulnerability of writing here, I somehow return the enjoyment of my union with him expressing himself this way through me as I spend time on this activity. I have decided to reopen this flow in the delight of intimacy and fellowship with himself. You are free to come along for the ride or abandon this one of 1.4 billion locations on the internet in choice of perhaps a real activity offline, like knitting.

I have enjoyed a morning of contemplating abandoning any false projections of self propped up as mechanisms rooted in external behavior performances or modifications in order to meet some imagined criteria that could determine my value. This has been accompanied by a delightful invitation to return to a less self-focused, authentic, default posture of acceptance by God as the creator of that original self; who is also it’s rescuer, redeemer, and ultimately friend. Remembering the value of my authentic human experience, as it is, regardless of others perception of it or their designated, or withheld, value toward that original self. One step even further is disempowering the enemy’s ability to craft any imagined variation of said responses or opinions. This is a house of smoke and mirrors that interrupts and hinders our responsiveness shared life with Holy Spirit.

And because pretty much everything I write or want to write ends up being the gospel summarized in some unique facet I am seeing anew, today is authority to cancel lies from the evil one comes from Psalm 85:1 which says “Lord you poured out blessings on your land! You restored the fortunes of Israel. You forgave the guilt of your people–yes you covered all their sins.”

Do you have joy-sucking senses of your pharasee-ical religious performance failures keeping you from the love of God? This is a refreshing reminder that He is the one that crossed the great divide sin created to reunite with you as you are. He is not waiting for you to clean up your efforts and ‘get better’ before he will tolerate and grant his fickle approval once again. He is not impressed, or withholding love, with baited breathe for your achievements, your accomplishments, your good works, or your discipline. These do not – and will never – qualify you for his love.

Are you done chasing something that was freely given you? Are you done beating yourself up from something that has already been crucified? Do not wait to enjoy fellowship with God again now, who’s love does not look like our own. Do you withhold yourself from enjoyment by Him because you believe you are not worthy of his pleasure?

He has forgiven your sin. He has cast it to the sea. Have you? You are not meant to bear the weight of what he already sacrificed on the cross. He has entirely dis-enthroned all separation from himself. All we need to do is turn from our sin – to him. Earning acceptance will never be an effort you can accomplish through applying rules to your life. God has already postured himself in every way possible for fellowship with you. In the story of the prodigal son, he is the father postured on the front porch just WAITING to RUN to you with extravagant affection, embrace, and blessing. God restores – not critiques, he celebrates – not condemns, he refines down to removing every barrier that hinders closeness, embrace, affection, and a sense of being at home, safe in his love.

At the thought that no one reads this long anymore. I will stop here. Until next time at my delight, sincerely…me.

I have desire to throw consecutive notes out there for free range spiritual grazing. This first one is real chipper and is about death…or actually its end. 🙂

Romans 5:28 Sin reigned in death. Picture sin sitting on the throne in glum sneakiness. As far as the kingdom of sin touches, so too the reaches of death touch. The sign of this kingdom being at hand is death. Hmmmmmm sounds awesome (dry sarcasm – for those of you who have never met me. I’m not really impressed).

Romans 8:2 The law of the Spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death. The wages of sin is death; death entered the world through sin. Christ, the lamb of God is the one who takes away the sin of the world. Sin and its power was crucified on the cross. We are (cheaky pun on Paul’s behalf) DEAD to sin. Therefore we are DEAD to sin’s wages–death…let me continue…

Hebrews 2:14 ….For only as a human being could he [Jesus] die [one king entering into the reign of sin to overthrow its kingdom], and only by dying [entering deaths kingdom] could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Good News flash: the power of death has been broken (-cue celebration and smiling…lots of smiling). This brings up the great and awesome question of ‘What has Jesus already done for us?’ Again…

2 Timothy 1:10 And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated [showed us] the way to life and immortality through the Good News.

I have some really great friends and I can hear some of their wisdom as I write this, “It’s not really about right or wrong anymore, its about life or death.” Does your choice, your lifestyle, your habits, result in life to you or death. When sin bears fruit it gives life to death. That doesn’t mean its referring to ‘all that stuff that looks bad’ i.e cigarettes, stealing, tattoos, drinking beer, or rather things that don’t appear ‘godly’ to the ‘christian kingdom’ rather than having anything to do with Christ’s kingdom. Selling yourself out in religious circles to gain the desiring gaze of people wanting you or wanting to be you, sexual relations happening within church leadership across lines of wedlock, people controlling other people’s relationship with God and acting as the Holy Spirit, are all things who’s fruit is not life obviously. Does quitting your day job and doing things that you’ve always wanted to do result in life to you? Does helping the person behind you in line in the grocery story result in life for you? Does finishing that college degree through lots of studying result in life for you? The behavior isn’t the qualifier, the heart is.

The earth’s sin, that results in death (Jn 16:9), is unbelief in Christ.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SIN AND ALL OF ITS INFLUENCES HAVE BEEN FOREVER OVERTHROWN FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY’S FREEDOM.

Galations 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. My husband was sharing what somebody told him the other day, “It’s what we do with the freedom that we’ve been given that matters.”

Romans 8:10 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, …

The spirit that overcame death is WHERE?!? Living inside of you right now. All of death has been overcome; all it’s influences, shades, and effects. Death in realtionships–gone. Death in your relationship with yourself inside your head–gone. Death in your outlets for the way you’ve been created to live, your gifts, talents, desires, expression–gone. Death from bad experiences in your past that don’t have ANY power over you anymore–gone. Death in your choices–gone. And here’s where it gets real crazy in a good way. All those family members that you loved that are no longer with you right now, that you can’t hug, can’t talk to, can’t reconcile with?? I tell you the truth, your seperation from them was crucified on the cross and all of us, with our very own eyes will see the reign of death, and all its influences on humanity for all time, be cast into fire. And we will stand with no influences of death remaining standing.

1 Corinthians 15:25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

Jesus is life; all life, anywhere, in any form. All of life is contained in Jesus; through him all things live (and move and have their being). His life is reality. This is the tree from which humanity was meant to eat. Any opposing force has been revealed as powerless against it. He swallowed up death for all people.

2 Corinthians 5:14 …One having died for all, His death was their death.

The wages of sin have been eradicated from your life. You will not die, but live, and the fullness of that life is why Christ came, so that you may have life more abundantly. This is where you live. It’s your place of origin, this kingdom of life. It’s the power that resides inside you. You are alive and it is a wonderful thing. You have breath that is a gift right now inside of you that has been passed down through humanity from the one who first breathed life into Adam’s lungs.

There is no place for death, or any grade or shade of it in your thoughts, communication, decisions, hopes, relationships, health, provision, it’s not our family’s culture, it’s just not who we are, it’s not your place of origin, it’s not normal for us. You are an ambassador of life that overcomes every shade of the influence of sin and death. The increase of his government of life and peace is without end. Life wins and your life. Life wins in your heart. Life wins in your home and in your influence on the people around you. The Spirit that lives inside you is the one that has overcome death. Christ in you the hope of glory.

Oh, by the way, you didn’t earn this, it’s a free gift. It’s your effortless state of existence. It’s who you already are, and what you’ve already been given. Do you know who you are? Do you know how powerful you are? Do you know how free to be loved by God you are? You are not a victim in this life, even to death. Christ’s form and life that wins has been revealed through humanity.