I found this today and I wish I had an author to attribute this to. I will let the author’s words speak for themselves. It is so powerful and true. Let it speak to your heart as you read it.
“Sin is expensive. Incredibly expensive. But the price isn’t paid in cash, it’s paid in mental, emotional, and spiritual pain. God didn’t create an arbitrary list of “DOs” and DON’Ts” to see if we could follow them. No, He laid out a set of essential guidelines for living. His anger towards lying, stealing, cheating, coveting, murder, jealousy, and pride is because all of these behaviors destroy relationships. Everything that the Bible labels as sin is something that God is trying to protect us from. His desire is love, peace, grace, and harmony with Him and with all of creation. Sin is our defiant rejection of this in an effort to satisfy our own selfish desires.”
Romans 6:23 (NLT) - “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”