My Sin

There was, and apparently still is, a perfume called My Sin, created in Russia in 1924. I don’t know if my mother used it , but I am sure the first I heard of it came from something she said about it. Why I remember that . . . I don’t know. [for anyone familiar with Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, let me restate that with a memorable line from the movie - “I DON’T KNOW!!!”] I do know that my sin is something that will never be considered “fragrant.” (stench is a fitting descriptor). And although my sin has never been for sale  - it was purchased at an amazing price!

My sin has never been clearer

But it won’t get any nearer

Tossed infinitely far away from me

Into the depths of a distant sea

Beyond any horizon, far as the east is from the west

New and improved

The stain and the stench completely removed

My heart has found its rest

I in my Savior am happy and blessed*

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.”

(Psalm 103:12 KJV)

*Blessed Assurance - written by Fanny Crosby