I didn't agree (I won't
go into the topic here). But, at that moment, I couldn't put my finger on
exactly why I didn't agree.
Tonight, while brushing
the cat, I remembered something another friend said to me back in the 80s. She
was having a fling with a neighbor's spouse. Then I told her it wasn't really
the right thing to do, that if this person was cheating on their spouse, there
was a strong probability that they would cheat on her, too. That was just one
argument she got from me. She replied, "Well, if God didn't mean for me to
be with him, he wouldn't have put us so close to each other."
At that time, again, I
couldn't put my finger on the reason that didn't work for my sense of logic.
Tonight, I went a little
further in my thinking and I now realize why this logic does not work for any
Christian, or any person following the Commandments.
Temptation is
temptation. Just because it is in front of us, it doesn't mean we are meant to,
or supposed to, or expected to give in to it. Oh, it can be SO tempting - that
is its nature.
But, hey, look at what
happened in the Garden of Eden - shouldn't that be example enough for us?
Sweet Lord Jesus, please
remind me, at the moment of temptation, that I can come to you for help in
resisting it. I am, after all, merely human, and I do, often, need that help!
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