The Wolves of 2019

With 2019 only days away, I read through Romans 6 and  paused at this text: “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God . . . . For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:12-14, 23) My thoughts then turned to an old Cherokee legend: “An elder Cherokee was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A fight is going on inside me. It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” “The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith." "This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too", he added. “The Grandchildren thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" “The old Cherokee simply replied... "The one you feed." ----- That, then, is the question you and I face as we move into and through 2019. Which one will we feed? To which shall we present our eyes and our ears and our minds? Oh, Lord, make us wise.