todayX

i said noX

i stood up to temptationX

i looked it in the faceX

i said noX

i choose differentX

i laid down my desireX

because my desireX

was weighing me downX

seeX

wrongdoing leads to worryX

and worry is weightyX

yetX

there is something enticing about sinX

it promises a weightlessnessX

as though it is a carefree choiceX

without consequenceX

but this is a lieX

the bible is very clear:X

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“desire when it has conceived
gives birth to sin,
and sin when it is fully grown
brings forth death.”X

(james 1:15)X

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so we cannot let sin winX

we have a choiceX
X

we can say noX

so i said noX

we can repentX

so i choseX

R E P E N T A N C EX

i looked my temptation in the faceX

i looked my sin in faceX

andX

i said noX

i chose soX

…X

our choices are oursX

temptation cannot takeX

without our consent, our yesX

andX

sin cannot winX

without us giving inX

…X

…X

…X

so i guess today is just an updateX

to say i’m learning the art of repentanceX

i may not be in a place where i want to say noX

but i am choosing to say noX

i am turning awayX

i may have forgotten many thingsX

but i am going to commit to the pursuitX

we choose our chaseX

are we chasing our desiresX

or are we tracing the face of Love?X

…X

this pursuit is a hard and holy pursuitX

of surrender and submissionX

it is the starvation of wantX

to cultivate a hunger for LoveX

…X

so i am committing toX

the art of repentingX

it is no one time thingX

it is a forever thingX
X

…X

but in the here and nowX

it means changing a few thingsX

it means turning away and turning down some thingsX

deliverance into a new DesireX

…X

…X

…X

…X

…X

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end note;X