See Cookie Will Sneak (standard:humor, 902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Oct 30 2022	Views/Reads: 419/258	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Everybody faces temptation in some form. The real issue has to do with yielding to that temptation. It’s the weakness of my flesh.

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I would drink my coffee and nibble on this delicious cookie. I thought 
I had solved the problem and gotten over any further thoughts I had 
about another cookie. 

After I finished that first cookie, I just sat back in my chair and
enjoyed swallowing the last crumb. How delicious it was. Of all the 
cookies in all the world, why did this cookie taste so delicious? 

I thought it was over, but I could not get that cookie out of my head.
Then, after lunch, I picked up another cookie, went to my office, and 
nibbled on it very slowly, enjoying every last crumb. 

An hour went by, and I needed another cup of coffee, walking through the
kitchen, I smelled those delicious cookies. So I decided I deserved two 
cookies this time because I was working so hard. After all, how would 
The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage know I had two cookies? 

Later that afternoon, I heard the front door open, and looking at my
watch I realized it was time for my wife to come home. She entered the 
kitchen, and I heard her say very loudly, “How many cookies did you 
eat?” 

It was then I knew I was in trouble, but I didn't know how much trouble
I was in. 

I remembered the words of Jesus in Mark 14:38, “Watch ye and pray, lest
ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is 
weak.” 

Everybody faces temptation in some form. The real issue has to do with
yielding to that temptation. It's the weakness of my flesh.


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