When my knee-jerk reaction is to try to seize control, God guides with a different solution: Practice pause.
Category: Temptation
Pre-planning for Temptation
I had decided to cut down on sugar and eat more produce. Get healthy! I can do this! Until I traveled eight hours to a conference. I drove there, having stops in mind. But, I had more than a few hiccoughs and was concerned about making the first event. I skipped my meal breaks in…
Taming Temptation with Truth
When was the last time you were tempted? How did you handle it? If you’re like me, well, it could have gone better. In Genesis 3 Eve was tempted. She handled it with her own reasoning, her own logic. She just didn’t know what she didn’t know! That snake (both literally and figuratively!) engaged her…