Why not try to fill your life with constructive activities? Between my schoolwork, taking care of Miriam, doing household chores, some outside reading, I don't really have time to sin. The same for my husband. He has the same activities that I have and shares it all with me, except nursing Miriam, of course
. Sometimes we just sit and talk and listen to music. (Believe it or not, married couples have a lot to talk about.) We go out, usually a couple times a week. We take Miriam along. For some reason she seems to get hungry right about the time the food arrives so my husband cuts up my food and helps me eat. We get a lot of giggles out of that.
Okay I've gone on and on about how we fill up our lives, but you can do things that are enjoyable and constructive for yourself. There are sports activities, working out at a gym, reading, classes. There must be activities and groups at your church in which you can become involved. I think you hunt so get out in the woods in the off season and do some scouting. We have had to suspend hunting because of Miriam, but we still take her out in the woods scouting to keep up with where the critters are hanging out.
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caveat, however. If your church frowns on drinking, you're not going to get away with meeting girls and making friends in a church group and hanging out at the bar too. I think you'll have to make some kind of choice as to what kind of life you want to lead.
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