L+L=L

Virtue is one of those old fashioned words that I do not hear very often any more, only when I get out my Jane Austin books and treat myself to a dreamy day full of Sensibility and Pride--or something like that.

Yesterday at church the theme was virtue. One of the speakers gave this equation that stuck with me and bears more thinking time.

L+L=L

That would be: Lingering leads to Lust which leads to Loss of virtue

That would be in more ways than the oft remembered lingering that King David did on his roof top verses Joseph of the fancy coat who ran from Potiphar's house.

We are reminded to be chaste and pure, steering clear of bad music, literature, shows and web sites. Often we accidentally end up some place where we know or feel we should not be. Our virtue depends on how long we linger thinking no one will know. But one thing leads to another and then......

I am thinking that for some the shoe department or cake pans in the kitchen cupboard should be on that list too.

When I fill those pans with batter and bake is that lingering?? How about when I spread on the butter cream frosting--or chocolate cream filling?? Am I lingering now?? I know I baked it for the family, but the number of people who live at home is shrinking and still the cake seems to disappear--or does it. Maybe it is following me around on my hips for the world to see what I do when nobody is looking?? Gotta think more about that equation.

Lingering + Lust = Lots more of me