Sometimes I don't feel like the Bible is true.

     I know this probably isn't something your used to hearing a Pastor say, but I must admit that it is true.  Sometimes I don't feel like the Bible is true.  For instance I was recently reading in 1 Corinthians 11 (the Message) "No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face.  All you need to remember is that God will never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it."  I have heard this "God will never give you more than you can handle" argument before and I have a difficult time with it.  Because when I am in the middle of temptation it feels like I am being pushed past my limit.  I can relate to the old "the Devil made me do it" rhetoric.  Can anyone else out there identify with me?
     Or there are other times when it seems like the deed is already done before I realize I have done it.  I think to myself "wait a minute, what did I just do?  That wasn't right."  I hate to break this popular Christian myth that Pastors just walk around praying and quoting scripture all the time, but it simply isn't true.  At least for this pastor it isn't.  I live in the real world like everyone else does, and what I just read says that we all face the same temptations.  It also says that God will "always be there to help you through temptation."  So I guess what I am really faced with in temptation is whether or not I will trust my feelings or what I know to be true.
     You know as well as I do that feelings are pretty fickle things and can't always be trusted.  Even though it feels cathartic to be honest about how we feel, being ruled by our feelings is no way to live.  Immaturity is always following your feelings.  Maturity is following what you know to be right and hoping your feelings will get in line.  So in conclusion, even though I don't always feel like the Bible is true, I know that it is!  My prayer for you is that you can be daily convinced of the truth of God's word, because our mind can often carry us through when our heart begins to waver.