Something that has been on my mind lately is black ice. Maybe it's because I've slipped one too many times this winter, maybe because it's the bane of my existence, who can say?
But the other day I was walking along and I saw a patch of it a few feet ahead of me. At first I thought, "It's okay, I'll keep walking and when I get closer to it, I'll just avoid it. Simple." Then my second thought was "Stephanie, that's a rookie mistake and you know it. It's black ice. You won't see it when you get closer." So I changed my direction right then, and you know what? My feet were steady. Not one millimeter did they slip!
So I got to thinking about this - sin is just like black ice. The adversary will drop a little temptation in our path. Maybe we see it and think, "I'll be able to avoid it when it comes, I'll just keep doing my thing." But just like black ice, the closer we get, the more invisible it is. Then before we know it, we're right there, in the thick of it, loosing our footing second by second and we usually fall.
Why is this important to recognize? Because if we realize that sin is just as dangerous (actually significantly more dangerous), we will understand how important it is to change our direction as soon as we sense any temptation or possibility of falling. And if there's one thing I've learned living in a place that gets colder than Anchorage, Alaska..
Where there's snow, there's ice.
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