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I went out this morning again to Revelation and got hung up on "HADES"---PHEEWWW !!! Reckon I best stick with trying to understand Revelation 1st then tackle something else. I love Bible Study, but the more I dig into it the more I realize I never knew 1%, which is ok, Billy Graham once said that he had studied the Word for years & years and everyday learns something knew.

My dad was a "good" christian man and one time in his old age (80's) & he told me---"David, it is hard to look at these young girls and not have lust in your heart, the way they dress and show so much of their bodies, it is just hard not to have lustful thoughts." At that time I thought that very amusing, here this "old" man
sort of getting a buzz on hot chicks. Well now at "77" I know exactly what he was dealing with, If I do not think on Psalm 50:15, and the Scripture where it says that God will not allow more temptation than we can handle and will also have a path of escape, and where James wrote Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.., I would be in a world of do-do....In total honesty, I love noticing women, in total honesty I fight the battle of lust. Now you may laugh, but lust is lust is lust. Lust does not necessarily have a sexual note---it is a strong desire for whatever. We want something so much that we will go to extremes to get what we want, we put "ME" 1st, others 2nd and God 3rd. I suppose lust is a normal thing in everyone's life, one way or the other----reconize it for what it is and rely on the Holy Spirit to deliver us

Now if that does not kick your "P" brain in gear this morning ---nothing will----I will always keep noticing the beauty of women, God made them beautiful for a reason, but I will rely on Scripture which I have put to memory to keep me in check......

Years ago it was said----"Love your neighbor---but don't get caught."...that was bad of me, but I 1st heard that as a teenager from a Christian man who liked to tell it in joking form...

God Bless and share a smile and pleasant greeting with those you come in contact with today, they may really need a little kindness.