Everyman's Battle

I just started a new book this morning on my ride to Boulder. It is called, "Everyman's Battle." It deals with something we (men) have always struggled with.

Lust.

It is disgusting and feelings of regret quickly overflow my mind every time it comes about. I hate the feeling that I have scanned a woman with dirty eyes. Women are a treasure that God created to be cherished, loved, and respected. They have so much to offer to this world and they are nurturers of God's love. Looking over them with worldly eyes is so unfair for men and women.

I have been strongly convicted of this over the past few weeks and I am taking measures to correct this. But it is hard. I am asking the Lord to help me with this. Lust dates back to when I was younger and it is going to be a battle to overcome this. Yet, I want so badly to defeat this sin that affects me day in and day out. For a lot of my time on this earth I have used charm to take advantage of girls and it has come back to tear me apart. You reap what you sow.

Or as the rapper Common states, "I spent many years trying to be the heartthrob, I guess it's only right that I got my heart robbed."

I know God is going to lead me through this, but I have to fight to conquer this. The book I started this morning opened with the following verse:

"But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people." Ephesians 5:3

Lord help me.

be blessed,
your boy elbow