SHAME
JULY 7TH 2004
One of the down-sides to doing stuff like I wrote yesterday is the guilt that comes afterwards. It was only about a week ago I gave my life to Christ again and again and I had pledged to be good but sometimes I don’t know what takes over me. I could really start off well and be ecstatic about it and retrogress later to a point where that it hardly seems like I started. I know God has a great plan for me but some of the things the world has to offer are so sweet and enticing. It’s hard not to want them again and again. It only seems fair or better to indulge and ask for forgiveness. And I’m afraid I’ve become addicted to this one. I pray that one day I receive salvation and perfect change. I want to be good, I think its safer to be good but the restraint is what I lack. Help me Lord to restrain myself when tempted to indulge in the things I know you know will never give me peace. Give me the courage to say NO to them and the determination to never look back. Bless me with your spirit so that I can know the difference between right and wrong; good and bad; want and need; things permissible and things expedient. Amen.
One of the down-sides to doing stuff like I wrote yesterday is the guilt that comes afterwards. It was only about a week ago I gave my life to Christ again and again and I had pledged to be good but sometimes I don’t know what takes over me. I could really start off well and be ecstatic about it and retrogress later to a point where that it hardly seems like I started. I know God has a great plan for me but some of the things the world has to offer are so sweet and enticing. It’s hard not to want them again and again. It only seems fair or better to indulge and ask for forgiveness. And I’m afraid I’ve become addicted to this one. I pray that one day I receive salvation and perfect change. I want to be good, I think its safer to be good but the restraint is what I lack. Help me Lord to restrain myself when tempted to indulge in the things I know you know will never give me peace. Give me the courage to say NO to them and the determination to never look back. Bless me with your spirit so that I can know the difference between right and wrong; good and bad; want and need; things permissible and things expedient. Amen.
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