Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control. (Proverbs 25:28)

I will admit freely that I have trouble here and this scripture convicts my soul to strive to not allow my walls to be broken down.

And really, if you think about it, this is exactly what happens when we lose our self-control. Our walls get broken down and we find ourselves defenseless, often standing in a pile of rubble that is our own doing.

If you are anything like me, you have not only found them broken down but you yourself was broken down. You find yourself crawling in the rubble around you and frustrated with losing control yet again.

In some ways age has given me more control, but in others it seems that I have lost what little I had. I am not a patient man. I am not one who likes to deny myself. I want to be humble but more often than not find that pride gets in the way.

However, I strive daily to improve, to read scripture that convicts and to catch myself instead of simply letting go. Letting go is easy, it is the “control” part that is hard.