Self-Control Even over Romantic Feelings

Let it Sleep.

The Song of Solomon portrays Christ as the Groom romancing—wooing—the Church, the Bride of Christ. But it is also a romantic story about two young people who flirt and chase each other through town and forest. The man pursues. The woman pursues. He describes her beauty in language no one could top (“You are absolutelyContinue reading “Let it Sleep.”

Abstain Until the Time.

I once had an epiphany while watching THE BRADY BUNCH. Alice had helped the kids bake cookies and lamented that she had no self-control. She ate a cookie or two and told herself she couldn’t help it. But I could. It would be so easy not to eat a hot, fresh cookie. I could sayContinue reading “Abstain Until the Time.”