So, I have decided to make a rather unpopular decision. I am going to quit drinking, all together, at least for this time in my life. Now, this isn't because I go out and get drunk every weekend, or because I sneak vodka shots in my bedroom. It's because I refuse to be mastered by anything in any way. I am a light weight. As soon as I am done with that first drink, I begin to feel altered. I cannot have that anymore. I want to make it clear I am not judging anyone who chooses to drink.I have several friends who can have a beer and be fine. I'm not doing this because I think I'm better than anyone else. Quite the opposite actually. I just don't want anything to alter MY relationship with my Jesus. I feel as if this easily could. There is also the dreaded thing called family history. My family is filled with alcoholics and addicts. I don't want the door to be opened in my life to allow anything of the sorts to happen to me. I needed to make this decision clear to everyone to make it easier on myself.I'm clearing my mind, and making some changes.
"Everything is permissible for me—but not everything is beneficial.Everything is permissible for me—but I will not be mastered by anything."
2 comments:
welcome to the club. i haven't posted about it yet, but i am in this same boat as you sista! i felt like God was calling me to this life of holiness...so i started with looking up verses about holiness...man was i convicted. the first to go was alcohol, the next is my potty mouth...which comes and goes.
i love how you wrote about it...everything is permissable...not all beneficial. Paul is smart. so are you.
I am glad to hear that you have decided to quit drinking and even though it is not the most popular decision it will be for the best! The potty mouth eh it will drop one day and you won't even miss it, will pray for it though!
Rube
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