March 5, 2017

TEMPTING

Garden or desert ….

Both have their temptations ….

There is forbidden fruit everywhere ….

Snakes in the grass and under rocks

whisper, “Take and eat” - and we bite

into rocks that are not bread or fruit….

Then comes the “I didn’t know” or

the blame game - when we say,

“She made me do it.” Sin is never

original. It’s been around since

the beginning of time. It’s usually

laziness or blindness or hardness

of heart. It’s when we want God

and angels - and powers outside

of ourselves -  to do all the work.

Sorry…. It doesn’t work that way.

We’re given 40 days and 40 nights

or 40 years or 40 Lents to figure

some of this out - but maybe 
this year we'll ______________.

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017