I Reckon

I remember hearing the phrase, “I reckon,” a lot more often as a kid than I do now. Someone would ask if dad was going to do a particular thing, and dad would say, “I reckon.” It meant that he had made up his mind, and something was going to happen.

Struggling to stay awake last night in Bible Study, I heard the Teacher talking about the passage in Romans 6:11 where Paul exhorts the folks to “reckon themselves to be dead to sin and alive to Christ.” Evidently there are a multitude of folks in the family who have yet to accomplish that prerequsite for holy living.

I reckon we need to get on with that!