BD over at Maggie's finds Dietrich Bonhoeffer being tormented at the boundary of human nature and holiness:
Lord Jesus, come Yourself, and dwell with us, be human as we are, and overcome what overwhelms us. Come into the midst of my evil, come close to my unfaithfulness. Take my sin, which I hate and which I cannot leave. Be my brother, Thou Holy God. Be my brother in the kingdom of evil and suffering and death. Come with me in my death, come with me in my suffering, come with me as I struggle with evil. And make me holy and pure, despite my sin and death, in Jesus' name.I also rely upon grace, but my struggle is merely with faith rather than the subjugation of my nature in the name of faith, but I feel I understand at least in part Bonhoeffer's sentiment. This is who I am. I'm a sinner. It isn't resignation that prompts my declaration, but hope in the power of God, who is Holy, separate and apart, to lead me into righteousness...to lead me into the fullness of faith.
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