Video Game answers to life

I have recently started playing the video game League of Legends. For the purpose of this blog the overall nature and purpose of the game are unimportant. But the basics of the game are like a good ole' fashioned game of capture the flag. Teams consist of 5 players, each of whom select a champion to control on the map. As the game begins it is standard for your team to split up and take a portion of the map. The other team will typically use the same concept to devide up their team. As a result, in early game you typically in up in a lot of 1 on 1 play... Here in lies my most recent epiphany about life, religion and sin... Over the last several months I have been involved in several discussion about pornography, alcohol and drugs. And the beliefs of those around me sometimes make me nervous to say the least. But it would seem that in the minds of many of our youth, that a little of anything is okay, as long as I keep it under control. MY EPIPHANY: As you begin playing League all of the players on both teams start with similar health and similar weapons. As you gain experience and gold you can buy better armor and weapons to improve your champion. In early game you often spend a lot of time "poking the bear". You will run in and hit the other champion and run away. Bit by bit your health will dwindle and you either have to retreat or you end up dead... and so it begins. Each time you die or retreat the otehr champion keeps getting stronger. Infact, LoL players have a term called FEEDING. If you kill another champion in the game you are rewarded with bonus experience and gold. This allows you to level up and buy better weapons earlier in the game. Feeding is where you continue to die to same champion on the other team over and over again. Each time he gets stronger and you remain the same, making the next battle even harder. Eventually you create a monster that is all but unstopable. C CAN YOU SEE WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS? When we sin, look at porn, take a drink, smoke a joint... we start FEEDING the demon. Each time the demon gets a little stronger and we get a little weaker. Each time we come back the demon does a little more damage a little faster. It doesn't take long for us to create an unstopable monster. In many cases then results in addiction and starts to impact those around us. In game you have one of two solutions. Solution one, avoid the demon at all cost. This does two things: it stops feeding the demon and it gives you time to build your armor and recover your health. The second option is to attack the demon as a team. I think both of these still apply when we talk about sin. When it comes to addiction and sin, the more we can avoid an activity the weaker the demon becomes, and when we surround ourselves with Christian brothers we can stand and fight the demon together. I could go on and on about this, but I think you might quit reading so I'm going to leave it there. FAILURE IS EXPECTED, IT'S WHAT YOU DO NEXT THAT DETERMINES HOW MUCH YOU LEARN.