© Copyright Somebody Productions My Baby Girl Rocci Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 Many years ago I became the father of a 4oz baby raccoon named Rocci.  Apparently she fell out of the tree in our back yard and was abandoned  by her mother, so I took her in. She was so small and helpless, she   needed lots of care and attention. When her eyes opened the first  thing she saw was ME! and I became her "father".    Rocci followed me everywhere I went and sometimes mimicked the things  I did. Rocci loved to play, but sometimes played a little too rough (smile) and she got into everything you could think of. I knew Rocci  always had the nature of a Raccoon, and I had to watch her closely, no  matter how tame she seemed to be.    As I watched Rocci's behavior, I thought of the fallen, sinful nature  that we as Christians possess. Paul referred to this as the "flesh"  in which "nothing good dwells" (Romans 7:18). It may be repressed  and restrained, but it is always there. Unless we are  daily controlled by the Lord, our old "self" will demonstrate it's  destructive capacity in some way or another.    Although we are new creatures in Christ we still possess a tendency  to sin, but we don't have to be controlled by it for we are united  to Christ and indwelled by Christ. By obeying God's word and  yielding to His Spirit every day, we can be victorious over the  flesh - the nature of sin within. Continue to keep us in your prayers. God Bless, Danny See if you can answer our Question Of The Month! Receive a FREE CD!