Temptation
As you know, I am giving up Diet Coke for Lent. I have decided not to celebrate “Feast days” on Sunday’s. I will not have Diet Coke from Ash Wednesday until Sunrise on Easter Sunday. I have been tempted to just have a small glass or celebrate “Feast days”, but I remember that I am doing this to recognize the things in my life that tempt me. Jesus gave spent forty days being tempted by Satan. How do you suppose those 40 days went? I bet Satan was using more than just Diet Coke to tempt Jesus.
Satan is alive in our lives. He is here and he is tempting us.
For me Diet Coke is an additive pleasure. I miss it very much. Because I miss it, it is a reminder to me of what Jesus did for us. When I crave the Diet Coke, I ask God to guide my day in helping me make good choices. This week I was getting pretty confident in my ability to go without a Diet Coke, so fewer cravings means fewer prayers. I thought that I could go at this by myself. We need God all the time, not just when we have troubles or temptation. I let my guard down and Satan attacked me and my family.
The attack came on the way home from church. Everyone was a little tired from the lost hour of sleep (day light savings time) and comments were made in less than loving tones to each other. I lost it and I raised my voice and I blamed my family members for the way I was feeling. I regret saying things that should not have been spoken. After I raised my voice and realized that I set a poor example for my children, I was thinking, none of this would have happened if I could have had my “caffeine” fix this morning. I was still looking to blame someone or something for what happened. I am accountable for my behavior. I know that Satan does not want me to go to church or spent time in prayer with God. Satan was looking for another way to get to us and I let him in. Everything could have been prevented, by me taking accountability of the situation, stopping, praying and asked God to guide me.
Prayer is so important in our lives. It is our connection to God. I challenge you to set a time in your day to pray. Pray that we are not tempted.
Know that I am praying for each of you.
Blessings
Robin
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Robin, interesting post today. Long story short, I have my plans...and then God showed me his and I still wanted to keep to my plans. This has been something we have been talking about for the past few days.
ReplyDeleteThen, this morning, as I was praying/journaling, I asked God to show me where I am sinning so that I am not gteting in the way of what he has planned. DUH!! So, I have agreed to agree with him and his plans.
By the way, he told me my plans were good, then reminded me that his are always way better!
It is so good to hear from you again. Can I use your quote "By the way, he told me my plans were good, then reminded me that his are always way better!" in my Blessings. I love it! Sometimes it is hard to understand but in the end we can see that God's plans are so awesome!
ReplyDeleteYes, you may use it! I'm honored. Of course, not really my words...
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