the desire of sin...

Genesis 3: 4 “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. 5 “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” 6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. 7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

I was reading this scripture today... and it occurs to me.. how we all look at eve and think.. dang.. she has messed all mankind up for a lifetime with her disobedience.. her lack of self control.. her selfishness...

but... look at ourselves.. those of us who are even 10lbs overweight... we can look at something.. and know we don't need it.. we still eat it.. and afterward.. we feel like.. ugh.... but beforehand... we are thinking.. what can one piece of cake do... what can one more serving hurt...

I rationalize this same way with shopping too.. so it doesn't have to be about food.. it can be any weakness.. any given sin... we think about it ahead of time and think.. how much harm could it do... then we do it... and we think.. ugh.. I wish I didn't do it... and we feel ashamed.... and are thinking we can never do it again.... till the next time we are tempted again... really... how often do we eat when we aren't hungry... shop when we don't need anything... have sex outside of covenant... drink until drunk...

all of these things are sin... and we think we wouldn't have given in if we were eve.. yet we all give in daily... we all fall short... yet we watch all these tv shows of these obese people and think I would never let that happen to me.. yet daily we fall... or the hoarders on tv... we think we couldn't live like that.. yet some of us hoard... or filth.. some of us don't clean as we should... whatever our issue is.. we all have one... and we all like to look at someone else's and feel as though our own is less... so is being 10lbs overweight less than 100lbs overweight? I don't really think so.. it is all a sin.. mental sin.. we all go through the process of the sin before we do it... like drinking.. we will have just one drink.. but some people can't have just one drink... I can't seem to stop buying shoes.. yet I have over 100 pairs... really? would I say that isn't sin.. it doesn't count? of course I do.. yet every time I go to buy a new pair.. I have the same argument in my head that eve had with the serpent... how long will we allow the serpent to rule our minds.... the decision is yours and mine.... will we overcome or fall one more time...