What Do You Think? Wednesday

She called me in desperation, wanting answers for why she does what she knows to be wrong and doesn’t do the right she knows she should do. This is an age-old question that you might remember the Apostle Paul wanted to know about himself (Romans 7:15-25). He asked “(W)ho shall deliver me from the body of this death?” In other words, “How can I live for God?” He concluded his self-dialogue with this: “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” And Paul thanks God because he knows that our flesh and even our spirit apart from the power of the Holy Spirit (God the Spirit), which God the Father sent God the Son (Jesus) to this earth to leave with us, in us. We forget the Spirit of God lives in us and we can call on Him to help us live for God. Instead, we seek to follow a set of rules in our own will power (which so many strong black women try to do) and we fail because we don’t follow the Holy Spirit’s leading. And the Spirit leads us to what we need to add to our faith, those necessary components that strengthen our salvation walk. I believe many of us miss these areas that are pertinent to our spiritual growth. Read my latest column in EEW Magazine to read about these components and see how you can implement them in your own life as you teach to your children. Don’t forget to leave a comment below telling me what you think about the article and other ways we can leave our children spiritual life insurance.