It does take a lot of Work to remove wickedness from our actions and thoughts. Maybe saying it was not hard at all was a bit of an exaggeration on I part. It is just that people use the word hard in that context in a way that makes it sound like it is not possible and they use it as an excuse to just give up Working towards what they see as "hard".
It all comes down to a choice. The first choice is to Work to remove it, the second choice is to Itinue to refuse it after it is removed until it can never enter again. As Selassie I show I and I, resist the devil and he will flee.
Another thing, if the I consider, it is not really that hard, it is just that people prefer to not Work towards it because they prefer slackness in the areas that they choose not to improve. It is not a hard thing to do in itself, people just make it hard by forming their mind that way and allowing themselves excuses.
For example, men enjoy looking at the woman they see around them in a lustful way (whether very lustfully or a little lustfully), so they make this or that excuse to continue in their lust. They either tell themselves that woman are beautiful, so how can they help but stare at them lustfully. Or they make numerous other excuses to allow themselves to continue that way. And another reason they never change is that they allow themselves to dwell in lustfulness. When they see a woman and lust after them, they allow that thought to grow and grow, instead of fighting and resisting it.
I have never cheated on I empress with another woman, but looking at a woman lustfully has been one of the hardest things to remove from I thoughts. But as I said, it is not hard in itself, it is only hard because I preferred to allow Iself to do it because it is enjoyable. I have made many attempts in the past to remove this from Iself, but time after time I either made excuses or refuse it for a little time and then just allow the thoughts to grow again.
So now I am giving my lazy ass a hard kick (much harder than my previous kicks) and I know I will defeat it. Just like I have defeated other foolishness in the past. The only obstacle is Iself, not babylon.
And in regard to eating dead flesh. For people that live in US or Canada, that is one of the easiest things to do as far as obstacles outside of ourself. Almost every restaurant in US and Canada have vegetarian options, including fast food restaurants, and all grocery stores have what I and I need to eat vegetarian, the grocery stores have always had what we need, but in these times, they have many easily prepared choices that were not available before, so it is even easier. So the only excuses are our self made excuses, because many people enjoy eating dead flesh. I was fortunate in regards to this one, because I never liked eating dead flesh, even when I was young. So when I stopped, I never had any craving for it. But either way, in no way can babylon be an excuse for defeating this, the only excuses are our self made excuses.
Ark I
RasTafarI
Haile Selassie I
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