But when our sin distances us from God, what do we do? When I sit with one of my kids after he or she repents for lying or clobbering a sibling, never has my child said, “I feel so much better because that sin was really detracting from my prayer life.” We aren’t so bothered by what sin and mistakes do to our relationship with God. Maybe he doesn’t feel real enough, or maybe we think God just accepts our sin. When we are saved, spiritual things begin working inside us and disrupting the way we used to think and live.
