Bruce Springsteen, in The Promise: The making of darkness on the edge of town, says something like: A lot of my writing is obsessed with sin, and what it means in a good life. You can't get rid of it, you have to carry it. It's about how you carry it.
He sees this leading to a heavy, weary existence, working, paying the bills but gradually dying inside.
In so many ways he's right. But that's only the story if it doesn't include Jesus
1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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