The Unfortunate Vortex of a Beautiful Woman

Courtney and I recently had a good conversation about temptation and the opposite sex. In our individual ways, we both have faced temptation with the opposite sex and continue to fight it.

For me, the problem is visual. Even when I do not lust, it is because I am trying not to. While at UC, I played pool with a colleague. There was an attractive woman playing pool at a nearby table. The woman was dressed to attract the attention of the male of our species, and she was accomplishing her goal. Almost every an in the place was staring at her. I fought with some success doing the drive same. What drove me crazy, though was this, "why can't she just be like any other person in the place?" Why did I have to avoid looking at her without creeping beyond temptation? I wondered if it had something to do with the competition present or if it was instinct or the damage of bad habits.

Courtney also confessed her own temptation with craving the attention of men and identified with the same internal struggles I expressed.

What a wonderful woman. God really worked between us that night. I am so gratified in what God is doing in us and in our relationship. There are mountains to overcome in my heart: I can see them, but I can also see the places where mountains once stood.