Creeping Temptation

Jenny and I have been avoiding spending money as much as we can now that I'm not working. What is funny to me, is that meant that tonight, we'd go walk around a mall for free.

Constantly putting ourselves in a state of temptation, we walked into most clothing stores that we passed. We even walked in some of them we didn't shop at (because of their prices) when I was working full-time.

It's amazing how that works in life.

It works that way in my spiritual life often as well. The more I try to think about avoiding sin, the more time I spend thinking about things that would be sinful. Why don't we just focus on the things we need to. Had I spent time doing homework tonight, spending money would not have been a focus (and my wife would have been bored!). Like most of my life, if I would consume myself with the things I'm supposed to be doing, that I've been called to do to be a disciple of Christ, the temptation of sin would be less apparent in my thought patterns.