"When a soul has come to hate sin and has delivered itself as far as it can to the power of virtue, it undergoes a transformation, by receiving the grace of the Spirit. Then it is healed, restored and made holy new. This is what the Lord wants when he says: whoever wishes to be first and great among you must be the last of all and a servant to all." St. Gregory of Nyssa

To hate sin is to put God first in our life. To hate sin is to seek holiness through the transforming power of God's grace. To hate sin is to desire the will of God to be fulfilled in our life. What is that will of God from all eternity? Why did God create us? St. Paul tells us that "we were chosen in Christ to be holy, blameless in his sight, to be full of love and to share in his divine life praising his glory."  Many people straddle the fence with one foot clinging to sin and the other dabbling in virtue. They will not grow in virtue because they are still not ready to flee from sin. Their hearts are more open to the voice of the Tempter than to the voice of the God who created and loves them beyond measure. Flee from sin less its tentacles engulf you.