The 6,000 gallon stumbling block

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I wrote yesterday about the pool.  I enjoy it but forgot how much work they can be.  Bugs are drowning themselves.  The pool is already dirty.  I have to find a leak. Welcome to summer.

But that's not the bad part.  I like the pool.  I don't like alone.  And is my won't sometimes, I get tempted to do this or that about it.  Or memories of past summers bring up memories of things I am better served by not remembering.

I've been kinda dealing with that lately. I love summer, barbecues, camping, swimming, picnics, an d a bunch of stuff like that.  I enjoy the pool but it's much more fun to have beers and enjoy it with friends or late night chunky dunkin' with that someone special.

And now you know what I mean by stumbling block. The pool itself is a blessing.   But what I  do with that blessing is up to me. I would love to have someone to share it with but that's not in the cards today.  Soon, but not today.  And I certainly don't need to be chunky dunkin', alone or otherwise.  Those days are over and I am not gonna let the fact I have a pool entice me back to the bondage of past sinful behavior.

But boy, sometimes, those cucumbers back in Egypt seem to be tasty.  And this week has been full of reminders not to go backwards.

The sermon at church today reminded me of that.  And a little reminder to start preparing for life after what I believe God promised me comes to pass.  So single, yes.  But available?  Not so much.

Enjoying the pool, but if it gets to be that stumbling block, I have a rather sharp knife....just in case.

The enemy is sneaky.  He wants us to forget the freedom we have in Christ.  I have a BIG God who isn't gonna let go of me.  And for that, I am truly grateful.










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