HOT MAMA DRAMA
My dog Spike was up all
night. First he wanted to get up on my bed and snuggle. Then he wanted to go
outside. Then he just had to visit the garage. Next thing I knew he was back in
my room and I had a wet black nose pushing my hand as it hung off the side of
the bed. I didn’t know what was going on, and then it hit me.
We had a female curly
white Bichon dog living across the street. We call her Hot Mama, and she was in
heat.
Spike could smell her and
the poor little guy was tempted unforgivingly. When he went out into the garage
he could smell her on the garbage cans. He could smell her on the pants I hung
by my bed. I’d never seen him so frantic and bothered. What to do?
The answer to this dilemma
came quickly. I took the pants out and put them in the washing machine; I took
the garbage cans and put them outside. Problem solved and I slept.
This incident reminded me
of the battles we all have with temptations. When I meet people who come here
to Las Vegas for vacation and they tell me they’re thinking about coming to
live here, I often caution them, “If your marriage isn’t totally solid, don’t
come here. Every temptation you could ever imagine is available here.” In diet
groups they call certain food temptations “triggers.” They’re usually things
like cookies or chips, where you open the bag and can’t stop until you’ve
consumed the last crumb.
One of the simplest yet
most difficult solutions to getting rid of temptation is just that—getting rid
of it. Take the garbage cans out. Don’t bring the cookies in. Avoid venues
where your temptations dwell in abundance. We can do this. We have the Lord
Jesus Christ to help us get the victory in every situation.
“Perseverance is not the
long race, but many short races, one after another.”
-- Walter Elliot
Love, Carolyn
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