As I read Proverbs 4 today one thing caught my I. Verse 25 says to keep our eyes straight ahead, to fix our eyes ahead of us. This sank into my brain because it brought to mind my recently completed fast. In order to purchase items to make salad, and later juice, I had to go to the commissary. Just like all other food store, there in the front is were placed items that are either not moving or bring the most money. Things like candy and chips sat screaming, "Buy me." The only way I could get through untempted is to keep my eyes forward. I needed to look at the ground lest I break my fast too soon and thus waste all the effort I had invested up to that point
This is like everything else in life. If we want to get through without missing up our ministry we must roll on with eyes front. This is almost impossible, because the world at large is spending all expense to make us turn our heads. Bright lights flashy slogans interupt what we are doing whether it be driving our cars or watching the tube, to get us tempted. We are inticed into accepting what is vile to God, or placing one sin above another.
The world at large is a confused place. Those that are in sin claim that their sin is not as bad as the sins of others. Those that suffer from fornication would have us believe that since they are not practicing acts of homosexuality they are not as bad in the eyes of God. These are the same to God, sin is more than what one does. It is more of where ones heart is at. We can feed a nation of poor. We can empty our bank accounts to clothe every poor child in the world. However, if it is done for any reason at all other than for a love of Christ then we have sinned. Sinning is when we seek to either share or straight out supplant the lord by glorifying ourselves and mocking him by disobeying his commands.
So keep your eyes front. Focus upon what is important, and that means Christ. Seek knowledge, find wisdom, these can only be found in the word of God.

Wow today was a fun day. I had duty the night before That means I stayed up for almost 24 hours. Catching 30 minute to one hour naps here and there, but otherwise reporting in every 2 hours that none of the boats have floated away. I would have gone home at 0800 as is customary but Mc said that he might need me at the 1st class association's fund raiser. So instead of going home I caught some ZZZZZ's in one of the aluminum chambered boats that we have parked in the back yard. Stobaugh said that he couldn't believe I could sleep in there, but I guess he's never been in deck before. As long I have a pillow I can sleep on non-skid.
The fund raiser was a hamburger and hot dog sale in the compound. Mc, Roper, and I, took turns flipping burgers. Whenever Mc wasn't flipping burgers he was throwing pattys on the grill so I guess only Roper and I were being relieved from smoke inhalation.
It was amazing the amount of traffick we had for burgers. I had serious doubts at first because the entire compound is gearing up for hell week. Once the smoke started to waft out from the grill though all personel not involed in cooking or serving was upon us. Our biggest seller was the burgers, not a one was left. Usually, from the vets, our burger sales last from 1030 to 1300, but this time we ran out of burgers an hour earlier.
When all was cleaned up and return to its original position, and all the spare items stowed away we loaded the sodas into Mc SUV and headed back to the shop. Where I immediately switched into civvies and headed home. When I reached the house I went straight to sleep, and remained in that comatose state until 1800.