Why do we do the thing we don't want to do?

Why do I not call my family when I really want to call my family?
Why don't I send the cards telling people I love them when I really do love them and think of them?
Why do I zone out to mindless things such as Facebook when I have an amazing family to spend time with?
Why don't I have the important conversations with the people who mean the most in my life so that we can have the best relationship possible?
Why don't I eat the way I know I am supposed to?
Why do I eat more than I am supposed to?
Why wouldn't I love someone the exact way I know they like to be loved?

It is because of all these questions and more that I can relate to well to Paul when he wrote Romans 7.  He even goes so far as to say he hates what he does.  I sometimes do too...

But if we keep reading on in that section, we find the answer.  Paul basically sums it up to sin being the answer as to why we are that way.  Then, he tells us there is an awesome solution to sin...Jesus!  As long as we continually seek Him, we can find rest from continually "doing the thing we do not wish to do."

Seek Him.  And you will surely find Him.  Then, you can be free to do what is good and acceptable, and pure, and lovely....