For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what i do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if i do what i do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.
How many of us can relate to Paul's frustrations here? I CAN! It's always the things I do not want to do at all, that I find myself repeating- like being selfish. I can be a very selfish person, my family and friends can testify to that, I'm sure! And I am grateful that they realize that I have the desire not to be selfish, but I don't have the ability to always be selfless.
~Leanne
How many of us can relate to Paul's frustrations here? I CAN! It's always the things I do not want to do at all, that I find myself repeating- like being selfish. I can be a very selfish person, my family and friends can testify to that, I'm sure! And I am grateful that they realize that I have the desire not to be selfish, but I don't have the ability to always be selfless.
~Leanne
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