Day 27: Defeating Temptation

There are some quotes that simply live in the conversations I have with some of my friends. Many of them are simply funny things that one of us may have said in a previous conversation that when well placed in a new conversation demands laughter and hysteria! However, some of them are quotes taken from family members that just always seem to fit our conversations perfectly. A quote from one friends grand-mother, "Don't let Satan in your car, next thing you know he'll be trying to drive!" This one gets a lot of play when we start talking about the idea of flirting with sin or just walking the fine line between right and dead wrong! My favorite quote however, comes from the mother of on of my closest friends E-Dubb, "Watch your eye gate!" You simply just can't expose yourself to everything. You're not strong enough to see certain things and carry on business as usual.













So, after reading today's devotional the thought that I walked away with is RUN!!! Run very fast away from the temptations that are trying to jump all over you like a spider monkey! We must learn to remove ourselves from situations and people that tempt us to do things that are not pleasing to God. The other thing that I kept thinking of while I was reading today's devotional was that song that says, "Oh be careful little eyes what you see, oh be careful little eyes what you see, for the Father up above is looking down with love, so be careful little eyes what you see!" That song also says be careful little hands what you do, which reminds us that we ALL need to be mindful of the things we do, see, and say because God sees everything we do. And when it comes down to it I would rather God see me struggling with temptation, fiercely trying to distract myself from the allure of....(Mind your business! Dag!), and taking up random new hobbies rather then Him seeing me just giving in to temptation willingly because after all we all sin. What do you need to protect your eye gate from? And how will you distract yourself in order to defeat temptation?

~Min.Shareka aka Swift Turtle