Unbeatable
I found myself correcting someone the other day who said that Satan was stupid. His depictions in cartoons and movies may make him look foolish but he is the father of lies. And he trips up even the wisest men. The reason I point that out is because lately I feel beaten. I realize that the title says differently but I wrote it to mean that I perceive certain sins in my life as “unbeatable”. I think it’s because I have failed so much in certain areas for such a long time I just don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel (but maybe that’s because I am facing the wrong way). I’m not going to say what it is I am struggling with at the moment. You can insert food, complacency, over working, pride, self-image, greed, porn or lust,...
Focusing on the Fracture
I tend to spiral. Slipping up for me is a slippery slope. Lets use food as an example although I have noticed that this trend extends to most areas of my life. Satan is great at building me up whether its my since of entitlement or my pride. I tend to start out at the same place…I shouldn’t do this it wouldn’t be good for me. Our example Coke. I love Coke, Dr. Pepper and Sunkist, yes to a bad degree most likely. And every night I go to sleep saying I am going to drink less soda tomorrow. Then I wake up the next day go to work and I’m a little sluggish so the temptation starts, “you could just have one, its just one and your tired”. And after I give in it changes to well you’ve already had one what difference will 2 make....
Look it or Be it
I have come to an interesting point in my life in the last 5-10 years. Growing up I was under weight and I could eat whatever I wanted and I never put on a pound. When I was 18 I was 6 foot 6 and I weighed 150 pounds. Now I’m still 6 foot 6 but lets just say I weight a good bit more. I haven’t changed my eating habits as my life and my metabolism have slowed down. The problem I have run into is I really like certain foods that are really not good for me, but luckily when your over weight and 6 foot 6 there is a lot more room to spread the weight over. So I don’t look as unhealthy as I actually am and that causes me to think that hey maybe I don’t need to give up those bad things. I realized that this is the same way I live my Christian life...
New Year's Change
Every year I read and hear about all the resolutions that people are making for the new year and every year I hear the statistics of how many people fail and don’t fulfill their resolutions. Why is it that we have so much trouble changing? Why can’t we maintain and stay the course? Instead of viewing these in such a standard negative light I want to know. What resolutions have you kept? What changes have you made that you haven’t gone back on?
A Lifetimes Lack of Faith
I was having a discussion recently with a friend of mine who is not a Christian about what he thought about Christianity. He said basically it boiled down to him not having any faith in the things that Christians sell. He believed that something created everything but that is where his beliefs in a god ended. The more I thought about it the more I realized how much his words spoke to the way I live my life. I am so “busy” (or more accurately easily distracted by what the world deems important) that I don’t have much need/time for faith and/or God. My friend and I don’t really live very different lives except for the change that I profess but don’t really practice. Now if only knowledge of a problem was enough to produce a change in my
They Will Know We Are Christians By Our…..
It’s interesting for me to hear this line from the song and think of how true it is. And how I have tried so many things to finish the sentence with so many things that just haven’t worked. T-shirts, bumper stickers, piety, hypocrisy, and judgmental attitude. Surprisingly those things really don’t draw people in. Its hard for me to love someone I look down on, but an honest view of myself and where I stand with God helps me love people other then myself. Although I am still trying to get a grasp on what Godly love actually is.