Fighting the good fight

I have been thinking and discussing quite a bit lately about good vs. evil. As in, the good in us vs. the evil (flesh?) and what is truly who we are.

We are all sinners and always will be. So we are all jerks and assholes and manipulative and weak and fearful and hurtful. However, we are also created in the image of God. How do we reconcile these things? With Grace. I think...

To me it is all about the fight. Yes, I am a sucky, sucky sinner and will continue to be. But if I am fighting it with all my might, isn't that what it is about? The fight against my flesh? And letting Grace wash over me as I continually fail and screw up, knowing that It Is Finished?

Random thoughts on Good Friday.