I'm sitting here watching a mosquito buzz about my computer screen. It is
only a matter of seconds now until he discovers me sitting so very close.
I'm a nice 98.6 degree warm juicy meal. I have been known to let them eat
while I watch but I'm not in the mood tonight. Should she dare to rest on
me I am going to squash her flat. Fortunately I'm not in Uganda this
evening where a bite from her might send me to bed with fever and chills.
Tonight I'm in Massachusetts and I just do not want an itchy red spot for a
day or so. The consequences for being her supper are quite relative ranging
from annoyance to possible death.

Her bite isn't like sin. The ultimate consequence of all sin is always the
same - death. Contrary to popular opinion there is no such thing as big
sins and little sins; at least in ultimate consequences. Some sins often
seem to be little because the immediate consequences seem to be minimal or
unseen. However, something like an attitude toward others may remain
hidden and unexpressed and may seem inconsequential but we are diminished by
it. Our harboring it and thinking it reduces our capacity for having an
ultimate day. An ultimate day is a day with unhampered growth. An
ultimate day is like one of the days of creation in Genesis 1 where God came
to the close of the day and said, "That's good."

I am hungry for one of those days. Wouldn't it be so grand if at the end
of a Wednesday God could look at us and say, "That's good"? If we can get a
Wednesday then we can start praying for a Thursday.