Tell me what you're going to do now You get everything you wanted and you're still let down

provocative conversation with mom today

about the Christian couples she knows that are divorcing
about the lines that get crossed, which are clear, which are gray, whether these matter
how it may be obvious to others but seem innocent/harmless to the one slipping

how enticing sin is, how the more you think about the object you desire, the more you have to have it
how the cards seem stacked against our moral success

thinking about boundaries between platonic friends of the opposite gender
about the concept of emotional intimacy

of boredom
of rationalization and self-justification

of how sin/temptation must be brought to the light
not wrested with alone

that the Body of Christ exists not to worship next to each other,
serve next to each other,
live side by side

no, we must be intertwined, voluntarily, in love
the church must be a place of broken, honest humility
a place where people are safe to bring their sh*t
to confess their sin and temptations to one another
to seek real help and accountability

to share the sins that are covertly only entertained in their thoughts
before they become the sordid truth in action
cause we can't live this Christian life on our own
We NEED one another

and I like talking with mom like an adult:)