Sunday, March 5, 2017

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




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