A friend sent me a video I just watched. It was of a performance at a church where a young woman is walking with Jesus, until the world starts throwing temptation at her. She then becomes separated from Jesus as she is besieged by drugs, sex, vanity, greed, and the like. She loses hope and puts a gun to her head. The drama ends with Jesus putting himself between the woman and the evil. In the end, Jesus defeats the evil influence and the young woman resumes her walk with Him.
This is a battle we all go through. We know where we should be. We know upon whom we should lay our eyes, and yet, we get sidetracked by money, anger, lust, idleness, or a million other unproductive things.
This is the battle of our lives. Keeping our eyes on the prize, and not letting ourselves be sidetracked by the stupid million little things. This applies to our walk with God, to be sure, but it applies to our life with our families. Do you spend time with them or do you watch TV with them? I am not on a soapbox right now, I am guilty of not giving my family all I can so I speak from experience.
It's important to recognize that you are in a battle. Every day, the enemy will try to keep you from being the best person, parent, friend, son, daughter, whatever, you are meant to be. You have to stay focused on the prize and work your tail off to reach it. No one can do it for you. You must make that decision and pursue it relentlessly. Make excellence and righteousness habits and it gets easy, like any other habit.
There is no shortcut to any place worth going. To be your best, in the eyes of your community, your family, and God, you will have to work hard. There is no proxy for parenting, friendship, or being a good spouse. You cannot do the right thing on a part-time basis. It's all or nothing, and it's hard. I know. I fall every day.
Find where you should be and spend every day getting there.
God bless you.
- Adolfo
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