Making Peace with Sin

Reading John's book has really brought a new perspective in my life on how sin should be viewed.  As a human, I view sin as something that is inevitable and it will always happen no matter what.  But, why should I stop trying to make sure that I never sin?  There are so many views that say, "Well, we sin.  Just ask God to forgive you and all is well."  I agree with this but I know there are people out there that take advantage of what a merciful God we have.  They also tend to leave out the justice part.  Jesus did say in Matthew 5:29, "Better to gouge out your eye to kill lust and go to heaven than to make peace with sin and go to hell."  Okay, honestly, I would rather be blind and in heaven than in hell without Jesus.  It made so much sense to me when I read this that I felt really stupid for all the other times that I have justified why I do things, instead of letting God take control of my thoughts or actions.  I am human and sin will happen but never stop trying to take control of your sin.  Today for instance, I was going to say something to a friend of mine who could couldn't care less about foul language and I chose not to because of the message it sent to her of the kind of person and Christian I am.  I refrained from saying something that could blow my witness to her even though it doesn't matter to her what I say or how I say it.  But, it matters to God how I portray Him.  He doesn't need me to be a vessel for Him but He loves us enough to WANT to use us for His glory.  If I said what I was going to say to my friend, her thoughts would have been no different but God's disappointment would have been huge.  Ha.  I would rather have my friend think I am a prude than have God disappointed in me.  No thanks.