(The title sounds worse than it actually is, I promise!)

Have you ever heard the analogy of the boiling frog?

According to Wikipedia, “The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.” (Wikipedia page: Boiling Frog.)

This analogy is applicable to our lives. When we are stuck doing something (typically something not good), we slowly begin to boil without realizing it. We don’t “perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.”

Whether that be pornography, profanity, greed, pride, alcohol, envy, or any other sins that you can easily be addicted to, it will slowly boil you alive unless you do something about it.

This often happens with profanity: with the mindset of “If I just read one book” or “If I listen to just one song” then it won’t matter, it won’t impact you. But then that one thing becomes two times, and then three, and then four, and then on and on til it’s a habit.

Even if your door is almost closed all the way, you are still allowing a little crack for something to slip through.

‘…[D]o not give the devil a foothold.’
Ephesians 4:27 NIV

So be wise with what you choose to say “Just one” to. Thanks for reading!
~Willow 🙃

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