And although I knew faith pleases God, I also knew that taking a faith step is scary. It s easier to take the lazy, cowardly way out. Making wise-cracks at my own expense was another trap. Every time someone laughed, I got my reward, but every such wise-crack chiseled negative attitudes a little deeper into my mind. I was baiting my own trap.
Addictions have their momentary pleasures.
In the end, however, they are a curse keeping us from the full and exciting and God-glorifying life we were created for. As we daily look to Jesus, however, the curse will be broken. Not to be sold. Not to be copied in whole or in part without citing this entire paragraph. Freely you have received, freely give.