Week 45

I am very, very behind in blogging!

Never fear, I did fast week. I just didn’t have time to blog about it. Work was pretty hectic, and I worked very late three days last week. When I did get home, I was exhausted.

What was on my mind was something that I wrote about in week 39.

I revisited James 1:13-15.

13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

I can honestly say that nothing creeps up on me, or at least, not in retrospect. When I wonder where certain thoughts or desires spring up, I can often go back in time and pinpoint something I saw or heard. Or something I allowed my mind to linger on.

Temptation is all around me. It’s up to me to guard myself. I know my areas of weakness and my areas of curiosity.

I think this could have been a more powerful blog when the ideas were fresh in my mind!