Dear Son, I can resist everything except temptation.
Be careful. And don’t misinterpret this. The insight here is that I’m acutely aware of the enemy.
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Dear Son, Did You Hear Last Night’s Prayer?
Dear Son, I was wondering about my own temptation to go through the motions, like last night as we said our dinner time prayer. I wanted to add an additional, timely petition that all homeless people would have a warm place to sleep. But I didn’t. Last night (Jan 4) was, after all, Orlando’s coldest night in a year.
Anyone else ever feel like this? If yes, how do you overcome it? If no, how do you avoid it?
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Dear Son, How To Resist Temptation?
Dear Son, temptation is here to stay. Your job is to find as many ways to defeat temptation as there are ways to be tempted.
Hint: Work desperately hard to avoid people and things that soften your resolve to do the right thing. Untrustworthy people, drugs and alcohol are some of the big ones.
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You Know Where To Find The Answers You Seek?
Dear Son, as you grow and mature, life will throw you many intense distractions. Failure and seemingly insurmountable obstacles will fight tirelessly with you – hoping you will compromise, or ultimately, quit.
The answers you need – to keep you going – are within you. Bank on this. But don’t bank on it being easy or quick.
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Wise As Serpents And Innocent As Doves?
Jesus loved, even demanded, parables.
Same with paradox.
What does this mean to you and me?
It means we have 24 hours every day to spend any way we want.
No one is going to spoon feed us with life’s answers.
This sort of challenge inspires me to never give up.
The answers are within us. Whether we accept this or not.
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