"Watch and pray so that you don't fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." Matthew 26:41 NIV Bible
This verse really has to do with Jesus talking to His disciples shortly before He was betrayed by Judas Iscariot. Although that's not the focus of this passage, the words apply to my personal life related to temptations. I am hypoglycemic and know from experience that I shouldn't eat things with sugar. Sugar takes my body on a roller coaster ride. It elevates my blood sugar and then drops it very low. And sometimes those around me have to deal with the negative outcome I call the "Cranky Crabbies," when my blood sugar drops low after sweets.
Well, one time, I had made a 9" x 13" pan of chocolate brownies for my husband to take to work and share with co-workers. The batch got somewhat overcooked and the brownies were still on the sides of the pan. To redeem so of my labors of making the brownies, I cut about a half inch around the edges of the pan and only pulled out the ones within the middle.
I wanted to make sure the middle brownies tasted O.K., so I ate one. It felt like a big 'Whoosh" went over my body. It was like after not eating sweets for so long, the effects of the chocolate had an extremely intense effect on me. I not only finished the brownie in my hand, but I ate every bit of the hard, overcooked portion of the brownies that I had to pry off the sides of the pan. I have since learned that chocolate has this effect on me even if I try a little bite of it. So, the Lord God has shown me that chocolate is my slippery slope, because my flesh is weak!
