I came upon a beautiful meditation on sin and redemption, by Nicoletta Mithra. I found it very inspiring, so I am noting it down here to find it more easily:
If sin consists in hurting oneself, by ignoring God, then, really, the damnation is not consequence of sinful action. Sinful action already is damnation brought onto us by ourselves. What could be more immense, what could be more swift and decisive? And if we go on this path of sin, then it will eventually our end. Tolerance is limited.
On the other hand, there is the Scriptural promise of Reclaiming and
redemption. Similar to damation comes salvation. It’s not the reward for
aligning yourself with God: Salvation consists in being aligned with
God. Redemption, then, is re-alignment with God and it is always open,
if even incrementally, as long as we can do just that.
