When my daughter was little, she lived off milk, bananas, and peanut butter.

With the exception of dessert, that was it. Little else could she swallow without gagging.

It was always mind boggling to me how she could barely sniff the nutritious foods she was exposed to, but cookies, puddings, cakes, and ice cream were instantly embraced. If we didn’t watch, she would eat them all.

Dessert became her temptation. One serving would slide into a sin induced stomachache — a sugar hangover.

As she has grown, she has asked us to hide desserts from her. For the sake of her health and because of her inability to stop herself from consuming half a box of cookies or a whole jar of nut butter, in love, we hide the sugar.

Walking away from that theoretical box of cookies is not something most of us can do alone.

Paul tells the church in Galatia to be one another’s accountability. Be real. Share your temptation with someone trustworthy and strong. Ask them to check in on you, to help you hide “the sugar,” pray for you, or perhaps just come over and throw the temptation out! More than likely, they need accountability too.

We’re extended family after all. Together, we can help bear each other”s burdens of temptation.