Logic

The other day, one of my students comes to school with a sizable hole in his P.E. shirt.
First, he grabs tape off my desk to try to tape the hole shut.
Later on in the day, he finds a few paper clips and tries to pin it shut.
And finally, when the tape and paper clips have failed, he uses the stapler to put an end to the hole.
I watched the progression of "solutions" and had to smile, when he came to me and said, "I need a new shirt."
Ah, the logic of 4th grade boys.

And, thinking about it more, this story resembles the logic we often use, as God's children. We see the problems/sin in our lives and try silly ways of fixing it on our own, relying on our own attempts until we finally realize that its impossible-we need a new shirt. We need God to clothe us anew in his forgiveness and redemption through the blood of Christ. Is it not until we are more mature in realizing this, that we realize right away that only Christ can mend our lives.

Revelation 7:15
And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, "they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.

Matthew 9:17
Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."