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..while some people can become terrified and literally dreadful on the onset of a coming storm, I relish in it. The smell of it's approach, the wicked colors of the sky, the varying degrees of severity as it swoops in and then effortlessly moves on. It's soothing…comforting.

Just as Mother Earth repairs herself with quakes and storms, God gives us the opportunity to repair ourselves by revealing things to us. We call them storms but it's really just an opportunity for an awakening. We all sin. Each and every one of us. It's a given. God knows it, I know, and you oughta know it. And when we sin, we let the devil in. Not that we are possessed but we are deceived, and if you think you aren't…well…that just proves my point. We make excuses to justify our sins, make them notseemso bad. We think we can always repent later. That God understands our faults. Yet be warned that freewilldoeshave a price. We are so spoiled. We just want what we want and we want it now. We are an instant, ‘gotta have it now', ‘gotta have it how I want it' society. Look back in history at the pain and suffering - holocaust, war, starvation, true and utter poverty – what we go through isnothing! Why are we waiting to realize how God wants us to live? Maybe we can't stop sin completely but we can resist sin…and God will be there every step of the way. We can turn to our Father God. We can ask Him to teach us how to live from our spirit instead of our flesh. We can ask Him to help us live with loving and forgiving, transparent hearts. Admit our faults to one another. Be real, not instant. Be of love, not of greed. Read full story here.