May 02, 2004
Defeating Temptation | Blindside & POD
Some good advice here. "Be careful how you think...your life is shaped by your thoughts...Choose carefully what you think about..."
While that may sound pious to some of us progressive thinkers of the 21st century, it is Scripture and it is God's Word. The brain is an amazing thing and even though it plows through a ka-jillion calculations a day (by my own estimate -- no telling how many brain cells and nuerons fired to make that one), our mind can focus on something so intently that it begins create a synergy and develops something else -- whether that be a solution to a problem we are trying to solve; or a temptation or wrong thought that is quickly developing into a problem. The practical advice of "it is easier to stay out of temptation than to get out of it," is smart. Even though I'd probably sit through a movie that I paid to go see, I commend someone who would follow their convictions enough to get up and leave midway through. Being obedient can be so much more important than losing face with friends or strangers.
Tomorrow I'm planning on seeing Blindside and P.O.D. in Houston. That should be fun. It'll be great to see all the guys in both bands, which I haven't seen in a while.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at May 2, 2004 11:11 PM