I am my own worst enemy.

"You were taught, with regard to Your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness."
~ Ephesians 4:22-24


I tend to be the kind of guy that beats himself up. Whenever I fail or fall short of some goal I can find myself obsessing over the things I might have done differently to improve the outcome.

Theologically, I understand that this behavior is not helpful and can actually be very harmful to my faith. As a matter of practicality, I do not enjoy failure, and some form of punishment seems appropriate at the time. It is a battle that wages between my heart and my mind, or Old and New creature.

I am corrupt. We all are. It is only through the Grace of Jesus Christ that we have any hope of salvation from our corrupted state.

I realize this has all been pretty heavy.