Let me tell you what sin does. It destroys everything that’s beautiful. It covers sweetness with bitterness. It turns tears of joy into tears of grief.
Sin spreads like a virus that stifles and kills. There is no private sin because every sin affects the person and each person can’t help but affect another.
Just as your joy warms the heart of another, your wounds hurt those around you. And nothing wounds the soul as much but sin.
Sin is the darkness that covers the world. It is the pain that burdens each human heart.
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"