HATE EVIL

Paul admonished, "Abhor what is evil and cling to what is good" (Romans 12:9). I don't seem to have trouble identifying and becoming rather abhorrent with regard to evil I see in others, but I DON'T think that is the force of Paul's words. Do I abhor the evil resident in my own life...evil thoughts, evil words, evil schemes, blame-shifting, criticizing, manipulating? Do I recoil from evil in what I watch, listen to, and discuss? But the point is not merely to abhor and thus eliminate evil, but to counter that with something positive--"Cling to what is good." When I was being pulled down a gravel road on a sled behind a pickup as a boy I was clinging to my Flexible Flyer for dear life. I am asking myself if I cling to what is good with equal or greater resolve.