Are We Still Afloat

The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.  The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled with pain.  So the Lord said "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth--men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air--for I am grieved that I have made them."  But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

This is the account of Noah.  Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.  Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence.  God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.  So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them.  I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.  So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out." (Genesis 6:5-14)

Wood can float on top of water for some time without getting too wet.  It appears that the water is not affecting the wood.  But with time, the wood begins to soak up the water, and eventually it becomes waterlogged and sinks.  So it is with the Christian and sin.   We can float on the surface of sin, never appearing to be affected.  But eventually the sin soaks in, and the true results become visible as we sink deeper and deeper into error.

Moms are no exception.  Despite our best efforts to be patient, we lose our tempers before breakfast.  We're basically imperfect creatures who will choose self over others and ease over effort almost every time.  As in the days of Noah, the inclinations of our hearts still tend toward evil.  Daily, we tread in waters that threaten to sink us.

Help comes in first recognizing our tendencies to waterlog.  Where are we sinking?  What steps could we take to "dry out"?