by Jeffrey Snell
"You can't lose your salvation, if that's what you mean. God isn't capricious that way."
"Yeah, okay. Well, anyway, so that's when it hit me, Ben! I was just sittin' out here, and it hit me like a tree on the head. Now, don't jump all over me; just hear me out."
"Go." Benson shifted and wondered.
"If you can't lose bein' a Christian, and God just gets nicer when there's more sin, then why the heck should I be tryin' not to do stuff I want to? I mean, why can't I just do whatever I want, stop worryin' about it? It's just gonna make it better, more grace, right?" He clapped his hands. "It just hit me! I heard somethin' about 'freedom in Christ' at church, too; now I get that, too!"
Benson blinked, speechless for a moment. A flock of clouds blocked the sun, dappling beams on the pinewood floor. "Um...," he began, leaning forward.
Paul stopped him. "Okay, now, I know that look. Don't even. You told me to read that over again in Romans; that's what it means!"
"Just a second. Now, that is a hard passage to understand, I know. It's tempting to read it that way, but I want to tell you something that made a big difference to me...."
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