1 Peter 4:1-3

Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin.  As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.  For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do - living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. - NIV

New Years Eve 2011.  25 Days No Drinking, No Weed & No Gambling.  I will NOT break!

The Bible really is amazing if you are trying to break addiction.  This book even the New Testament is almost two thousand years old and it deals with the same base issues we struggle with today.  For me, drinking, gambling and drugs.  Extending to women, bad relationships, poor choices, unhealthy choices and a failed life.

Today instead of writing on a piece of paper I can sit and type on my computer and throw my words out there onto the Internet.  My own public/private space.  Invisible but with potential. 

New Years Eve.  I will NOT break!  I looked online for a "christian" thing to do tonight and in Denver I only found a couple things.  A skateboard outreach...too old for that and something at an art gallery....too cheap for that, they want $40 at the door.  Yesterday I emptied out my fridge of the beer and whiskey that had been sitting in there.  They weren't a temptation up until yesterday when I started thinking about tonight and made the decision it was time for them to go.  I still have a bong sitting up on a shelf in my closet, but for some reason I'm not ready to let go of that yet.  I don't use it any more, but it was kind of a treat when I bought it.  A present to myself since my little business was starting to make some money.  I won't use it and I will get rid of it, but for some reason I'm not ready to let go yet.

This verse in 1 Peter is awesome.  Last night I came home after the meeting and felt better than I had all day even though I was itching for fun.  Because it is fun to drink at a bar, go play poker or even sit around watching a movie and smoking a bowl.  I waver between feeling antsy and sleepy.  What a line!  "For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do..."  It's true.  I have.

There is a certain romantic quality about Pagans, Bikers, Pirates, Punks and other outcasts that has always attracted me.  I am anti-authoritarian and have always been.  Reading the Bible and Praying are really the first things I have done that are submissive.  But this book really does talk to you if you read it.  Seriously, just yesterday and this morning here I am sitting in the middle of America on New Years Eve struggling with myself and finding encouragement and the right words to get me through the night from this old Book.

I do have to do some work and the sky is clearing up so I can get out and ride, but I will finish with:

I will NOT break.  I "have spent enough time doing what pagans choose to do"..