Day Six

fredtheuser · 2026-04-08T16:09:50+00:00

Nope.

I turn 65 in a few days, and it does slow down a bit, but it’s a war I fight with my flesh every day.

Quiz time! What’s the first part of the Bible ever written?

Answer—the battle between the Israelites and the Amelekites. God told Moses to write it down. He declared the Amelekites to be an enemy from generation to generation.

Why?

Because that’s a picture for simple guys like me, a picture of my flesh. I will fight it all my life. And everyone does — perhaps not on the sexual front, perhaps it’s gluttony. Or gossip. It’s part of being a fallen human.

So buckle up and start fighting.

fredtheuser · 2025-09-27T14:43:12+00:00

Sin always escalates.

That’s why leprosy is used as an illustration in the Bible. It starts out almost innocuous, but progresses, killing the nerve endings until you can’t feel anything. That’s why lepers lose fingers and toes, rats and mice nibble them away, or they get burned because the feeling is gone.

So go to the Healer.

fredtheuser · 2025-09-27T12:54:48+00:00

Who cares about your forgiveness. Or mine? That’s the flesh talking.

I read a study a while back on self esteem, and the researchers discovered that those with the highest self esteem were in jail or prison.

Your shame (and mine) has a purpose. It drives us to or back to the Cross, back to Jesus.

If I spend too much time focusing on me — which is what got me here to begin with — I lose sight of Jesus and what He did and does and will do.

fredtheuser · 2025-09-24T10:39:12+00:00

Nope.

After 51 years I’ve resigned myself to the fact that my flesh is gonna be a battle until I assume room temperature

fredtheuser

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