July 25

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins, and live for righteousness; by his wounds we are healed.

1 Peter 2:24

Here in this verse, Peter is saying that Jesus died so that we could die to sin. I sense I do not fully appreciate the vulgarity of my sin, nor do I treasure the gift that it is to live for righteousness. There is a famous image of two lines moving away from each other at an angle. One is our understanding of our sin, the other is our understanding of God's righteousness. In between, is the cross. As we grow in these two understanding of these two things... sin and righteousness... the cross gets bigger.