I had made a commitment to God in the twenty-second year of my life that alcohol would no longer play a part in my existence. A vow is one thing and keeping it is another.
Loaded with logs for Canada and pulling up a long grade, with the heat of the exhaust against the cab and no air-conditioning, I decided to stop at the spring. Many workers and fishermen would refresh themselves there with the cold water that sprang right out of the earth. Bending down to get a drink, I spotted the six-pack of beer resting on the bottom of that spring. Fishermen must have left it, intending to end their day with a cold brew.
No, I just looked at it, smiled, and hurried back to the rig to escape that temptation. I lived to fight another day and that was forty-seven years ago.
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Next time you see something you shouldn’t, hurry away.
Think about it.
Gary