Just a little bit...

No such thing when it comes to your sins. There is never a little sin or sinning just a little. And don't get me started on 'just a little white lie...' There is absolutely nothing 'little; about a lie. A lie is a lie - period! Just as Sin is killing. And attempting to cover a sin with 'a little' or 'just' won't work. Sin is Sin and rephrasing it as 'missing the mark' is only self-serving.

I'm being too harsh? Really. Then you explain, not to me or others or even yourself, but to God about 'little'. Is that how you think He will excuse or overlook your words/behaviors? There are scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments that speak to God's view of sin.

   "There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination
    to Him; haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent 
    blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run
    to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord
    among brothers." (Proverbs 6:16-19, ESV) 

   "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom

     of God? Do not be deceived... (1Corinthians 6:9)

   "But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your 

    God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does 

    not hear." (Isaiah 59:2) 

I could go on but these scriptures do put a period to this thinking. If you have made Jesus your Lord, then you need to put these thoughts far from you because they are a delusion. The good news is that we can choose to leave sin behind and choose life. And there is no life apart from our life in Jesus. It takes acknowledging you are a sinner and in need of a Savior. It takes repentance of who you are and a willingness to change to become a child of God. It takes the knowledge and acceptance that you can't maintain what's been given you, this new person by yourself, that you need a personal relationship with the Lord.

But what happens when we slip. Are we doomed? Again, from His Word:

   "But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, 
    Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) 

   "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 
    and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1John 1:9)


  "The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, 
    but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that 
    all should reach repentance." (2Peter 3:9) 

Again... not an exhaustive list but it too indicates what our Father God wants for us and is willing to do for us to maintain fellowship. The supposed 'little' we think we are doing is unimportant proves to be the test we are given... at least in my thinking. We can't have one foot in the world and one foot in God's - we choose each moment when we are faced with challenges. We can be more than conquerors (Romans 8:37) and we have a 'helper' (John 14:15) to walk with us in our world.

We are light in this dark world and we can't compromise this with... 'just a little'.