somebody's baby

Teaching about Adultery

27 "You have heard the commandment that says, `You must not commit adultery.'s28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.29 So if your eye—even your good eyes—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.30 And if your hand—even your stronger hands—causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

matthew 5

so for the past couple of days, i've been kind of slacking on reading the Word of God and actually applying it to my life. i realized that i blog for this reason. i kind of made it into something that it wasn't. this is for me. haha reminders of milestones and lessons in my relationship with God. so here i go.

the biggest thing that sticks out to me from this verse is how Jesus says if anyone even looks at a woman WITH LUST has already committed adultery with her in his heart. i realize that it's not that i shouldn't look at the other sex at all. but i realize that to look at a woman and want to proceed further with her is sin in itself. why? i didn't do anything! it all starts in the heart. everything begins in the heart. why we worship God and do things for Him starts in the heart. why we love others and forgive and practice patience starts in the heart. why we yell at people and grow impatient and grow bitter starts in the heart. we don't do things just to do them. i don't just go out and love on people just because. it starts in my heart. the emphasis on our hearts here is crucial. this is where everything originates. so if my heart is full of lust, my actions will eventually somewhere down the line follow suit. Jesus then goes on using overstatement to get His point across. that is so much better to take away whatever is causing you to sin than to have ourselves thrown away. it's that important! to let even a little sin in pollutes our whole spiritual walk with God. to allow it, to say it's ok, to tolerate sin. it's not ok. it breaks us down and poisons our body. i loved how in james, he compares sin to sickness. and it is. we cannot tolerate sin. God doesn't! why let it creep into our lives?? so what do i do with this? stop looking at women altogether? nah. there's this song that i've been listening to by jon foreman called "somebody's baby." he sings about this homeless woman he saw and describes her life. he has this haunting chorus that goes, "she's somebody's baby, somebody's baby girl/she's somebody's baby, somebody's baby girl/and she's somebody's baby still..." so i think about that now when i'm walking into school or anywhere. that each and every one of these girls is somebody's baby girl. and most importantly, God's baby girl. instead of lust, a smile is plastered on my face because i just remember that everyone is God's child. =]