Give the flesh an inch and it will take a mile!

We have all heard the saying that anything I enjoy is either illegal, immoral or it makes me fat! The problem I find in giving into my appetites (even if they are not in and of themselves sinful), is that giving in never satisfies me and, in ever increasing volume/frequency/intensity, I want more. I mean it's easier to refrain from adultery altogether than to just do it a little (it's a joke!).

In the good old King James version Paul talks about buffeting the body. He was not talking about indulging in all you can eat buffets, he was talking about his need of self discipline, and that the phenomenon described above was his reason for fasting. Reluctantly, kicking and screaming, I am seeing the need of this myself. If I give me and inch, it seems I at least want to take a mile!