Beware the Bitterness of Backsliding

Beware the Bitterness of Backsliding
Part 9
More reminders to AVOID the snares:
• Some choices are hard to live with, in the beginning;
but the right choices are far easier to live with than
the poor ones.
• Don’t let an unusual moment of impulse change
your course of action. Stop, pray, ask God to
change your thinking. It may just be a temptation,
a rebellious moment, etc., so ride it out; don’t let it
carry you away in a driven, wayward direction.
• Always err on the side of caution. Better to be safe
than sorry. Watch your every thought, word, and
deed … for there is no “undo” key … no magic eraser.
Once you’ve thought it, said it, or done it … it’s done.
I wished so many times that I could undo my mistake,
that it never happened. But it did. I could not wish
it away no matter how hard I tried. You can always
add more salt to a recipe, but once it’s there you can’t
remove it. The same with our words. We can always
say more, but we can never say less. Think before
you speak. Look before you leap.
• I’ve heard that it is much easier to pull someone
down off of a stool than it is to pull them up on to
one. Don’t, like I did, think that you can be the one
exception. It is not necessary to sin to try to keep
others from it.