"But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." (James 1:14-15)

In Saint Louis, an unemployed cleaning woman noticed a few bees buzzing round the attic of her home. Since there were only a few bees, she made no effort to deal with them. Over the summer, the bees continued to fly in and out of the attic while the woman remained unconcerned about the growing city of bees. Within time, the whole attic became a beehive, and the ceiling of the second-floor bedroom finally caved in under the weight of hundreds of pounds of honey and thousands of angry bees. While the woman escaped serious injury, she was unable to repair the damage of her accumulated neglect.

Likewise, we often fail to consider the gradual, cumulative effect of sin in our lives. Let us nip sin in the bud of lust.