Finally Stepping Into The Light

" but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own  evil desire and enticed.   Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;  and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. ." James  1: 14-15  (NIV)    It only takes one moment of uncertainty, one moment of letting your guard down, one moment of distraction, for the enemy to get his foot in the door. That doesn't mean you can't get right back up and dust yourself off again; on the contrary, that's what we need to do.     However, distraction can lead to a dark path filled with low self esteem, depression, jealousy, and hopelessness. We start to turn away from God and seek other ways to mask the pain. We begin to rely on temporary fixes rather than God's lasting light, ever aware of how farther we stray from our true purpose. We tell ourselves, "It won't be as bad this time; I can control it." A false sense of security further opens the door to our hea

    Life is such a delicate thing, so fragile yet so complex and intimidating. Like a flame it burns brightly for a time, but is easily snuffed out in the blink of an eye. For many, we hope to keep our flame going until God’s appointed time to bring us home, after living our lives for His glory. Yet for many others, life is filled with unspeakable pain, to the point where they would rather see it end before they endured another day.      We all at some point in our lives will experience pain in one way or another. It is through pain in which we are brought into this world, it’s how we grow physically into maturity, and the pain can bring valuable life lessons that we pass on to the next generation. The question that must be asked is, how do I deal with pain and not give it domain over my life? My natural reaction is to bottle it up, bury it deep down and forget. Try as I might however, I never forget those moments. They eat away at me, and so I eat to escape the pain. It’s a cycle I