Sneaky Temptations - Tentaciones furtivas

The thorn plant
La planta de espinas

Today I would like to talk about how sneaky temptations can be through a metaphor. All across the area I am serving in, there are these thorns that get stuck in our bike tires. They had caused 4 flat tires between me and my previous companion. Only this week did I learn where they were coming from. There is a plant that just looks like a sort of ivy-weed. It has pretty little yellow flowers but, hidden between the simplicity, are nasty thorns. Since we had not learned to recognize them yet, we were biking along and decided to turn down a side street. Little did we know, it was full of these thorns. We began riding and stopped to see our tires completely covered in thorns. Even though we had taken some precautions of having slime in our tires, the thorns were too many and we ended up with three flat tires that were beyond repair. Some people tried to help us but, to no avail. We were forced to walk and return our bikes to our home before we could continue on our course.

Three flat tires
Tres ruedos que no funcionan

Many times we think we are safe because we have necessary precautions to avoid being tempted by the Devil but, when we put ourselves into situations that are full of "thorns" we can be overcome. We need to continually stand in holy places and strive to keep the Holy Ghost with us to guide us.

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Hoy me gustaría hablar de las tentaciones furtivas usando una metáfora. En todos partes de la area en que estoy serviendo hay espinas que terminan en nuestros neumáticos de bicicleta. Antes causaron cuatro pinchazos en nuestras bicicletas. Esta semana aprendí de dónde son. Hay una planta que mira como una hierba mala y hiedra. Tiene flores amarillas bonitas pero oculto son las espinas. Porque no conocemos esta hierba mala, estuvimos andando por bicicleta y doblamos por una calle  que tiene muchas espinas. Después fue muchas espinas en nuestras neumáticos. Aunque tomamos las precauciones para nuestras neumáticos tuvimos 3 pinchazos que no podemos arreglar. Unas personas trataron a ayudarnos pero no pudieron. Necesitamos caminar a nuestra casa antes que podemos visitar a unas personas. 

Hay muchas veces cuando pensamos que estamos seguros porque tenemos las precauciones para evitar las tentaciones del diablo pero cuando nos ponemos en lugares que tienen "espinas" que se pueden superarnos. Necesitamos ser en lugares santos y tener el Espíritu Santo con nosotros para guíarnos.