to God be the glory!
I think I missed an opportunity to witness last night in that I may have not given credit where credit was due. I didn't take it for myself either but I didn't finish the explanation either, which I intend to correct at the next opportunity. One of my favorite quotes goes something like "If our lives make sense to unbelievers, something is wrong." And it's in that spirit that I tell you today (even if I already did before) how I quit smoking. I like to smoke. That's not a secret and it's unfortunate that something so good has to be so bad for us and expensive, too. But as I was smoking the first cigarette in the last pack I bought, this profound sadness came over me. I couldn't explain what it was, except to describe it as "grieving the Holy Spirit". The Bible says the Holy Spirit lives within us and that our bodies are temples to Him. It also says we shouldn't "grieve" Him. And that's how I decided to quit smoki...