Over the past year, Cherie and I have been battling against very different sins, and yet we have found interesting similarities nonetheless. Our flesh try to take us in entirely different directions, but it is always away from God. And sin always tries to make itself look less dangerous or more attractive than it is, just like Satan did with Eve. And it always digs deeper when we give in to it, so it is harder to do the right thing the next time.
In some ways, it is a real drag that my sin provokes Cherie's flesh to want to sin more, and vise-versa, as it adds to the enslavement and entanglement that we feel. And it just makes it harder to move forward when it seems like the other person's weakness is always working against us.
But on the other hand, we are thankful that God has shown us each our sin, and that we each are learning similiar lessons along this journey of repentance. We are able to encourage (or gently rebuke) one another, and learn from each other. Just the way God designed marriage to work, I suppose! We definitely believe that God chose to use our specific sins not only to bring us to our collective knees, but to re-build us together as we each (and together) experience God's cleansing, healing and deliverance!
Some days it is really hard. But perhaps that is the way God intended it - so we will not easily move ahead without leaning hard on Him. We appreciate your prayers!
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