Dredging Out the Nasty

March 17, 2010 in Life with 2 Comments

So I’m learning about self control today. Self control touches so many areas of our life. Everything from not eating the entire bowl of Peanut M&M’s (in my defense the bowl was no where near even being a quarter full) to not flipping off your computer monitor when you get an email that makes you mad (just being honest and transparent here).

I’m seeing a natural progression in my lack of self control. It goes a little something like this (fast forward past the fall of man and the fact that even as Christians we all still struggle with the sin nature):

I really don’t like being like this. (Of course does anyone really?) The road to sanctification is not easy. I am grateful the Lord wants to dredge out the nasty business in my life.

About prudychick: Prudence is a wanna be writer who lives in the metropolis of Arizona with her husband Shawn and two Chihuahuas. She writes her heart. At her core she aches for the poor and the orphan and those far from God. She’s learning to live a life of grace and to wait expectantly and patiently for God’s next big thing in her & Shawn’s life.

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2 Responses to “Dredging Out the Nasty”

Jenny April 12, 2010 at 7:11 am #

i’m a visual person, so this is really a great visual.

especially with the color.

especially since the really icky one is black.

just like our hearts can be sometimes. *sigh* gotta work on some things

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