Breaking The Habit
I took time this morning to run over to our local Public Health Unit to pick up some information on smoking. No, I don't smoke. But I do know quite a few people who do. Lest you think I am picking on smokers, or about to display a "holier-than-thou" attitude because I don't smoke, let me reassure you that such is not the case. Anything, whatever it might be, that controls us and that we can't leave behind, avoid, or resist, is something that needs dealing with. Smoking just happens to be what I was talking to a friend about last night. She's quit before and now says that she can't quit again. Somehow it seems much harder to do this time. As we were talking, a familiar story that Jesus once told came to my mind. " When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest, and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in ...