a revelation

so i stopped smoking 2 days ago... and here's the thing... when i got saved 6 months ago i was totally hooked on the alcohol psychologically... you see my oldest boy kind of went off the deep end when he was 14/15... he got into major bouts of trouble and me being the weak person i was couldn't deal so i started drinking daily to forget about my troubles... i basically drank everyday for 5 years... to the point of drunkeness... i was lucky i didn't become physically addicted and thank God i didn't... so the boy pretty much got better and started to return to his former self when he was 18, 2 years ago... i spent 2 years telling myself to quit drinking, but i couldn't do it... i would have too much anxiety and just give in to the alcohol... then i got saved and within a month i knew God was telling me to stop the alcohol... i basically gave it to Him and told Him i couldn't do it without His help and He totally took it from me... praise God! within 24 hours i was healed and i haven't had the overwhelming need to drink since...

so... smoking... i've been doing that for 28 years! up to a half a pack a day... i've wanted to quit for years, but like the alcohol the anxiety of stopping has kept me a slave all these years... i even told God 6 months ago i needed more time and couldn't give up the alcohol and smoking at the same time... God is sooo good... He's been knocking on my heart for months and on monday i finally told Him okay... Your will be done... and today i realized the significance of the timing of letting go of this last addiction... i am getting baptised this saturday! my official public rebirth and death of my old self! praise GOD!!!

Romans 6:4
Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.