Do your thoughts take a while to process through to you?

As children we think, but in a subconscious way,

• how many cookies can I take from the cookie jar without mom noticing? 
• How many times can I tease my little sister and not get in trouble with my parents? 
• How many times can I run into the street after a ball before I meet up with a car head on?  You see, we don’t really think about it, we just get the partial idea and run with it….we act without thinking.

Now as adults we have the same thoughts that have become more noticeable, but we intentionally ignore them. 

• How fast can I drive without the cops noticing me? 
• How much can I cheat on my income tax without the Internal Revenue Service spotting me? 
• How much can I eat without my body getting larger or sick from the wrong foods? 
• How long can I not exercise before I lose the ability to move my joints and my muscles atrophy?   

We flirt with things that do harm to us all the time knowing it will do harm to us. There’s a quote for that: 

“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now that I have become a man, I am done with childish ways and have put them aside.” 
I Corinthians 13:11

If it harms us, put it down.  If it affects our health; step in the right direction.  If you’re drinking alcohol, you don’t drive. There are boundaries in life to keep us safe and to keep others safe around us.. 


There will be an end to our addictions: our flirting with the wrong thoughts and ideas.  There are always consequences and they won’t go away quietly.   Some consequences creep up on you and overwhelm your life…others show up quickly. 

Today you get to choose….choose life.

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