Well, it's been a few days since my last post, but here I am again.
I've just started reading a new book "Having a Mary Spirit" by Joanna Weaver and I'm reading about what she describes as the Flesh Woman. She equates this with the person inside of us who represents our sinful flesh. The Bible tells us that there are three things we fight against on this earth: the world, the devil and our own flesh. Weaver has given a name to our flesh by calling it our Flesh Woman. I think she makes a good point here and it is good for us to recognize what our own Flesh Woman looks like. We all know we are rebellious and hardwired to sin but this description brings it home. On page 28 she profiles the Flesh woman having 11 characteristics: a prideful spirit, a love of praise, a touchy temper, a willful attitude, a fearful heart, a jealous mind, a dishonest disposition, a lack of faith, a wandering eye, a spiritual deadness, and a love of self. Hmmm, a lot of ticks I can put beside this list. But I also really liked the verse she wrote at the end:
"Search me, O God, and know my heart... see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (my bolding) Let's continue to look to God and what He has already done for us, asking for His Holy Spirit to work in us that we may live for Him.
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