Simple Truths #2

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i just have to start our with God is Good! He is good even though i am not. it is for that i thank Him. the other day my flesh got the best of me. i was faced with my giant, and i lost. not because i was not strong enough or anything like that. i lost my battle due to me not being obedient to God's word. so here is the simple truth that is so open in God's word.

Romans 13:14
"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts."

 because i did not "put on our Lord Jesus Christ" i was not able or even prepared to take on my giant. i opened the door and allowed myself to walk right in to battle something i have no will to fight. had i just been obedient to God's word i would have never opened that door. (something i deeply wish i never did). well several days go by and every moment that passes i know that our Father is telling me to confess my failure to my wife. i keep telling myself that i am not hearing God and that i do not need to tell my wife. see God had reminded me of this scripture several hours after i lost my battle. as the days passed and the more i heard God telling me to talk to my wife i knew i had too. if i lost a battle by not being obedient to God's word to begin with then i did NOT want to be disobedient to Him again. so today i finally tell my wife about what i had done. and God could not have blessed this confession any more then He did. after i tell my wife she just looks at me and says "thank you for being honest" and "i am not mad at you." in my mind for the last several days i have been playing out the way that this conversation was going to go and it never played out like this. i can only imagine what would have happened if i had not been obedient to God. so i count my blessings here: i thank God for His word and for my wonderful wife. i have been blessed my God far more then i deserve.