Romans 6: 19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. 21 And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom. 22 But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

I have long been wondering about the reality of this scripture... if we all sin daily.. how are we not slaves to sin? how are we free from it.. if we keep doing it in one area or another?

one morning... after spending the weekend with the past staring me in the face... I realize I really AM free from that life... as much as I get a desire once in a while for a drink or to go to a club... I realize after this weekend.. the desire is not real... I really DON'T want to live like that.. I really don't want to go back there... so I really am free from that sinful life...

obviously that does not mean I am completely sinless... it just means  that my entire lifestyle is no longer based on sinfulness... and the desires of the flesh... I have overcome that lifestyle..  that mindset.. my mind has been transformed...

I think if we were able to become sin-free.. we would also become very judgemental and self righteous... so I am thinking that God keeps reminding us of our frailty... and keeps us dependent upon Him... to be righteous.. in spite of our weakness and flaws...

I really love Jesus today... back to the 'in love' with Him... I could never feel this love for another human.. I am so thankful that I will never have to... that I can love Jesus completely and through His love for me.. show others love too... but He is special to me... my top dog... my first Love... my forever Love... and I am thankful....