1 Corinthians 10: 12 If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. 13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.

funny... I was talking to big larry yesterday.. I was talking about something that I thought would never have the opportunity to make me fall... I said to him that I have come too far to fall in a stupid manner now.... and in the back of my head I hear "where you think you will never fall may be where you will"....

now in my defense.. I still don't think I will fall for this particular thing.. I am honestly not even tempted by it... but if I look back over my life at some of the things I have done.. if you had asked me ahead of time if I would do them.. I would have been too adamant that I never would... and yet somehow.. the table turned and I fell....

so I think this.. we need to never feel so confident that we will not fall... we need to rely on Christ at all times to keep us in righteousness and purity... sometimes we fall and we don't even realize we did until we turn around and look back at it...

Lord keep me in your will... you have set me apart.. keep me pure and separated by your blood from the desire for the things of this world.. keep me desiring the things of your kingdom alone..  and keep me so close to your side that I will not be subjected to the world in that manner... amen.amen.amen....