Emphasis Preaching Journal

A bad habit and I struggled for many years. I was fully aware that this habit needed to be stopped and I often vowed, quite sincerely, that this innocuous practice would cease. But then stopping never really seemed worth the effort, so I would utter various delay tactics. I had really valid rationalizations -- "Tomorrow is soon enough," or "It's not really all that bad," or "It's not doing harm to anyone" -- and the habit remained. I wanted to stop. The spirit was willing but the flesh was weak. Who among us has not had the same experience?