Today feels like a gift to me. I was able to sleep until my body was ready to get up. That isn’t sleeping in as most describe it, for 6:30 am is still early for most. However, the last several mornings I’ve needed to be up hours ahead of this. So, today, with the house empty but me and very quiet, I slept.

The book I’ve mentioned many times of late had a message today that squarely hits me at the heart of my being. The book is Freedom Starts Today by John Elmore. Today’s message was asking about what “idol” our sinfulness is serving? I have always thought that porn and/or masturbation was the idol for me. However, as I was reading this morning and journaling about this I found myself needing to focus on a taproot. Writing about this openly for any reader to read is difficult because the content is raw and graphic if I were to go into detail. I don’t think the detail is necessary for each one of us has our own “detail” that is raw and graphic and that is what needs to be given to God and asked to be removed once and for all in our lives.

I don’t often write, nor do I need to, about such intimate detail. However, today I needed to do just that. I have journaled and asked God to remove this idol that wants to be served (gratified). I’ve daily asked God for strength to not give into the temptations of porn and masturbation. Today, I ask God to remove the idol they want to serve. My first step in this has been done which is to apply the 3-R’s. I’ve Recognized it, and I’ve taken the 2nd step which is to Reject it. I’ve also, when I journaled, took the 3rd step and Replaced it with The Holy Spirit in my life–filling the hole where that idol resided. Oh what a treasure our Father God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit are!