SUGAR-COATED STUFF

 "To thyself be true."  Yes! I thought; I must know what I really love and stick to that!

"Those words sound noble. But," the Holy Spirit seemed to whisper, "how is it so different from 'SELF will be at the center of my world! I will do what pleases me, and nothing else matters.'" Hm; it wasn't so pretty anymore.

Our enemy is the Father of Lies, often sugarcoating his oily suggestions with words used for truth. Kinda like: "June, you love art. Become the best artist you can be and let God use you to reach other artist temperaments and outcasts in this world!" That sugarcoating looked so sweet.

You'd be able to spot the evil of selfishness if it took the appearance of outright wickedness, of GRABBING things for SELF, but what if it's just SELF-protection? What if it means saying nothing means others are defrauded at benefit of SELF? What if it's turning a deaf ear to cries for help because of the risk of harm to SELF? What if it means spending so much time in artwork you don't have time any more to do drawings of Kinya or Keima or write short anecdotes about them or write them e-mails?

"I didn't do anything wrong." the person licking sugar-candy may say. Exactly. When individuals DO NOTHING ABOUT what we know should be done, scripture says, "to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." (Jas. 4:17) 

By the end of the month, it'll start getting cooler, when I'll be able to get out of my air-conditioned throne rooms (J), cleaning and washing a little more, returning to a service-of-joy walk and to thinking, "To THYSELF be true." (About God this time.) Please pray I do.