Tonight I went to a Hope for the Heart conference at one of our local churched. Babbi Mason was there and she and her friend Donna were wonderful speakers. Before the conference they had snacks in this room of the church. Talk about temptation!! They had brownies, cake, chocolate chunk cookies that looked like they came straight from heaven itself!! They even had chocolate covered pretzels!! My favorite!! So many times in my head I though…….”it’s too hard tonight…I will just give in since this is a special event” I learned a wonderful lesson from this experience. I resisted the temptation to give in and I am so glad I did.
I chose not to compromise on what I had set forth to do just because it got hard. So many times in my walk I compromise my ability to stand firm against sin just because of my circumstances. When I am tired I give into the temptation to get angry or grumpy with my kids. When I am irritated I give into the temptation to be disrespectful to my husband. When I am weary I give into the temptation to be lazy and complacent.
Even thought I was at this conference surrounded by sweets that looked too hard to resist, I still had to stand firm. I realized that it is so important for me not to compromise my faithfulness to Christ no matter what. My circumstances can not rule how I act or how I respond.
I also set in place my official goal for the next 40 days and it comes from
Psalm 51 :10 &12:
Create in me a clean heart , Oh God, and Renew a right spirit within me. Restore to me the JOY of your salvation and grant me willingness to obey you.
I was absolutely amazed when I cam across this scripture. This sums up completely what my goals is for this Lent season.
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