Sun block is a wonderful thing. You apply it to your face, arms, body and legs, all of you, and it protects you from the harmful rays of the sun. You don’t really feel it on your skin after a while, but it’s there guarding you. You’re still going to get hot and uncomfortable, but at the end of the day you will have avoided the pain and agony of sunburn.
It’s not a bad way to think about God’s protection over you. If you “put on the entire armor of God” He is always there to protect you from the harmful influences of sin. You can’t see Him, but He’s always there. Adversity may come to make you uncomfortable, but at the end of your life you will be in paradise and have avoided the ultimate punishment.
Punishment that is a whole different kind of burn.
I loved this analogy.
Thank you Judy.