No Double Agents

We, all of us that exist, are forced to live this life. We are forced to endure the ups and downs, accomplishments and disappointments, joys and sorrows. In this life there are but two paths: one that leads towards God and one that leads away from Him. Simply being a good and moral person does not qualify us as walking (struggling/trudging/fighting) towards God. We are born as sinful creatures. But if at some point we hear the call of God we are faced with the choice of going towards that Voice or running away from it. Going toward that voice means to turn away from the things that we naturally want the most- those things that are the easiest to desire- that require no thought but merely FEELING. This is the case not just once, but every single day. It is foolish to flirt with the enemy. And our enemies are not those friends that choose the life that we now choose against, but rather the activities and the desire to participate in the activities that constitute that old life. As much as we love those people we can't go where they go or do the things that they do anymore. Not without some specific call and the grace required to carry out such a call can we go back to those familiar places without becoming familiar to those places. For if we return we will be devoured. You cannot flirt with the enemy. You cannot merely dabble in your old life any more than you can be partially on fire. You're either on fire or you're not. It's actually very simple.