At last! At last! It is done the final payment of the mortgage is made and you are free from the debt the house is yours. I know people who have experienced this and the sense of relief and accomplishment is getting to the end. It had taken years and sacrifice and now it was done. But a house is just a house and we put so much into it. What about our lives? Over the years we accumulate debt to God the old fashioned word is sin the lies, the minor thefts from the people we work for – even if it is just a pen, it was not ours to take, the lust for other things or people all of these things and there are so much more that displace God from our lives and conscience and that has to be paid for. We can’t pay that off with being good or giving to charity you can’t pay for oranges with lemons – they’re different. In the bible we read through the pages of the Old Testament the account of the sacrifices demanded by God to forgive the people – but also that God does not delight in these sacrifices but in the offering of a broken and contrite heart a humble spirit and someone who walks with him. But how can we get to that place if we can’t get rid of the old sins? Easter – into the grave with Jesus went your and my sins and when he burst out our sins were left behind and we can be given the breath of his new life in us. The trade off is faith; faith in who Jesus is, the son of God; faith in what he accomplished on the cross, died in our place as the ultimate sacrifice for our sin; faith in His resurrection, the rising into a new life that he gives to those who put their faith in him. Why not do it now and start a new life today.