Resist

I have a hard time understanding why people stay in an abusive relationship, whether it is physically or psychological. Although I’ve heard only one side of the situation, my friend’s boyfriend of a year seems to be mentally abusing her. She breaks up with him one day and the next day calls him up, or goes to see him. It’s as though he is her Kryptonite as well as her Catnip and she can’t stay away from the relationship. It occurs to me many of us have a similar relationship with sin. Like Superman’s Kryptonite, the sin in our life is killing us, but when sin is covered with Catnip, we just can’t resist the euphoria. James said, “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double–minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up” (James 4:7-10 NIV).