Ironic how easy & often it is to do bad yet how tough, difficult & challenging it is to do good. How easy it is to remember a terrible thing someone has done against you than to remember a kind good deed.
How everything good doesn't come easy & it comes with quite a price or sacrifice. Even food that tastes good like junk food & fast food are really so unhealthy. Whereas healthy food like wheat & vegetables that tastes quite yuck sometimes are really good for you.
How easy it is to read a porn magazine than to read the Bible, or how easy it is to read a story book than to read a textbook, or how easy it is to keep awake for 2hours during a movie (even if its boring) but so easily fall asleep during Mass.
How easy it is to snap at someone & get angry & spew nasty things, or take someone for granted than to take a moment to say a kind word to someone or do a good deed or go beyond your comfort zone to make someone else comfortable.
I like how the verses mention that the sins of the flesh are obvious, as though implying that the work of God is usually hidden. Indeed I agree. The devil tries so hard to throw everything in your face that it gets so hard to ignore yet Jesus tries the subtle approach that often gets ignored.
Thus, the question I would like to ponder on is... Am I taking the time to allow the Spirit to guide me? Or am I taking things into my own hands? For to live in Christ is to live a life of sacrifice. The world would be a better place if everyone was nice to everyone & there would not be a need to be nasty.
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