Pandora's Box

I've learned and acknowledge that what was once mine is no longer.  I grieved my loss, questioned my Lord about his choices, and accepted my new life.  With these beliefs firmly planted, I settled into my new routine.  I have been quite blessed and enjoyed many days of the Lord’s provision and protection.  The waters have settled. 

Once in a while the waters are stirred.  Temptations; James 1:13-15 are dangled before me offering the possibility of recuperating what was loss.  That is when I dream that maybe my Lord will replace some of my loss, so I follow the lure.  I research possibilities, make plans, and develop methods as to how more efficiently use what the Lord is going to give me.  I begin to prepare for what is about to come.  I wait for days for the final outcome.  But nothing happens...

So my sorrow comes.  For Pandora’s box is opened.  I walk through the vicious cycle of reliving my loss, accepting, and then settling again.  I come to the realization that I have been scam, trick, swindle; Ephesians 6:12.  It is as if someone wanted me to remember my pain, and relive it.  I run to my Lord for refuge; Psalm 27:1.  I pray for endurance and healing; James 1:3-4.  I pray that the next time temptation comes, I will recognize it; James 1:5.    

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