Temptations

Today I beat Satan.

These are the words that rang through my mind as I watched the leadership broadcast.  I don't know why they rang in my ears.  But oh how I feel the truth of it.  Lately I have kinda been slacking on the spiritual stuff.  You know reading my scriptures, meaningful prayers, and temple attendance.  I have instead enjoyed idling my time away with other rather meaningless tasks.  A friend at a farewell explained that he had felt the adversary so strong lately and he knew that he was real.  I thought I am so grateful that hasn't happened to me.  Well then I realized it has.  You see I am not tempted by the big things that I thought I would be.  Yeah I miss boys and sometimes I want to watch not very good tv shows, but those things were easy to ignore.  What I realize today is how Satan is tempting me instead of those things.

The internet, especially facebook, has been my temptations.  I could and have spent way to many hours on it learning about random people and their lives.  Then I begin to blog stalk.  It has been interesting to read random stories and sometimes a little inspirational, but they aren't what I need to be reading. Pinterest is my worst nightmare.  I spend countless hours reading quotes, planning my dream wedding, building my dream home, finding those perfect recipes, and pinning a half a million crafts.  But when I get bored with that I turn to YouTube.  I love watching Studio C comedy clips, but they are so addicting!  I can go two hours without even thinking about it.

So realizing that Satan has tempted me these little things.  It scared me today when they stated missionaries can now use facebook.  I don't really want to because I am scared I am going to not use it wisely.  But I have to be strong.  Just like today when I felt that I had beat Satan, I am going to continue to seek that in my life.  I am going to fight him with all my might.  I know sometimes I may slip, but repeat and repent.  I will stay strong!