What I Want to Be

“I don’t understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right,

but I don’t do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate.”

Romans 7:15

• Have you ever gotten up in the morning resolving that today is going to be different—that you’re not going to get irritated with your husband, that you’re not going to be impatient with your toddler, that you’re not going to lose your cool when something goes wrong at work? But before an hour has gone by, you blow it! You turn on yourself in frustration: Why can’t I be the calm, unruffed, patient person I really want to be? Paul addresses this problem in today’s Scripture. He recognized the tremendous power of our sinful nature, waging war within us. But Paul ends on a note of hope: “Thank God!” You see, he discovered the answer: Simply focus on all the good the Christ is doing within you . . . and then keep going. We can’t fight the darkness; we can only add more light.

#inspiration #cupofcomfort