Here's something that has been driving me crazy for, oh, six years.. "I'm sorry". Here's the thing - if you're really and truly sorry for something you have done, shouldn't you also make it a point to correct the hurtful/unwanted behavior? It drives me absolutely insane that addicts find it completely acceptable to wake up from their drunken stupor, act sympathetic, say "I'm sorry", and then turn around and do exactly what they were sorry for all over again. Things I will never, ever understand about the mind of an addict.
I stayed up last night after Bubba fell asleep to do some reading in my Bible.. It seems to be the only place I consistently go when I just can't understand what is going on around me. If nothing else, it does give me comfort to spend that time with God. Here are some of my favorite verses from last night.
"You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge in the flesh, rather serve one another humbly in love" - Galatians 5:13
"Whoever sows to please their flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life" - Galatians 6:8
"Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires" - Romans 8:5
"The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the ind governed by the Spirit is life and peace" - Romans 8:6
"The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so" - Romans 8:7
"Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God" - Romans 8:8
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works so that no one can boast" -Ephesians 2:8
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her" - Ephesians 4:25
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