Monday, April 4, 2022

day no. 15,869: sin is asymmetrical largesse

"Wherefore I prayed him, that he should give me largess of the food for which he had given me largess of desire." -- Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy: Inferno

Sin is asymmetrical largresse.

A generosity of provision ought to accompany a generosity of promise. Yet, over-promise under-deliver is the bait and switch of hell -- increased desire without increased fulfillment. Sin wants to entice to what it cannot suffice. It provokes to where it cannot provide. It seduces for what it is unable to satisfy.

Not so with God. He has more in store than we know even to ask. He woos in order to welcome. He draws a man in order to deliver him.

Ephesians 3:20
Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think...

Psalm 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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