“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Temptation is something that can come our way at any point in time. In my case, is always seems to show up at those precise moments when my ego really wants to have a little ease and comfort. Just the other day in fact, this very thing happened. I was feeling extremely frustrated and blue about where my life was at when I went on Skype to chat with my sister. It’s then I noticed I had missed an incoming call from someone else a day earlier. Lo and behold it was from a person I had engaged in far too many sexual addiction-based behaviors with many years ago. At first my hands went into autopilot mode, as I began typing a hello message to this individual. But then, my spirit quite loudly said from within, “WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING ANDREW?” My ego then attempted to take control and tell me it was totally ok to have a casual friendship with this person again. For a minute I allowed myself to think about that and even went so far as to momentarily look at this person’s Facebook page. I’m happy to report that I ended up listening to my spirit and completely resisted all of that temptation to reconnect with them and instead deleted their contact and logged out for the day. I have to say that I felt a lot stronger because of it and I know that if, or when, any temptation may happen again, I have even greater strength now to resist it. Thank God for that.
I pray I resist any and all temptation to engage in behaviors that are not of my highest, greatest good and I pray I become stronger with each one I resist.
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson