The thing I hate I end up doing ( Catherine • Rom 7:15-25)

People are complex, are they (we) not?! At times we do stuff for reasons we can not fathom ourselves. Sometimes we even find ourselves inexplicably drawn to doing the exact opposite of the thing we tell ourselves we want to be doing. Paul was no stranger to the conundrums of his humanity. He did not pretend he had magically overcome the challenges of his flesh. But he did have a clear sense of where assistance could be found. Ironically, the way forward is not found in the arena of self-help. It is found only when we look beyond self.