One Step, Two Step

I was given a test the other week. I failed. I am truly trying to be a better Christian. Live life the way God intends His children to live, but this is a difficult task. Yes, I know that I am a baby in Christ and, as so in the natural, it is only expected that I will fall once in a while as I am learning to walk this new spiritual walk. I have been crawling for a long time down the path of righteousness, taking frequent stops, and a few turn a rounds. But lately I had decided to stand up tall and take those steps towards the One who loves me. Since I am a beginner I understand that my legs are weak and that I can easily fall into temptation. With that being said, I would not want to down play the fact that I was operating in my sinful nature and this is the reason I fell. I am trying to walk down the narrow road with a bag of worldly things on my shoulder that is too broad to fit. This alone is enough to make me stumble and fall and a guarantee that I will. Now, I can shuck, jive, two- step, and electric slide up and down the road of destruction (and I have), but it time to take my dancing shoes off and out on the armor that has been outlined for me in Ephesians. And as I pick up my armor, I have to put the bag down for it is impossible to carry both. They are in direct conflict with each other and it would be insane to fight that in which you love. I profess my struggles as a sign of humility, not to excuse myself for my actions. So until I get the rhythm of righteousness and the hang of holiness pray for me strength, and even after it comes to pass pray for me perseverance. But now I will Praise the Lord for even in my struggles I AM BLESSED.