“Look down, yourself (Satan), on this perspective that is so dear to you. Think of the thousands upon thousands who rise each day and go to sleep without ever thinking or doing evil, whose hearts are set upon their wives, their husbands, their fathers and mothers, their children, upon the harvest and the spring rain and the new wine and the new moon. Think of them in every land and every language, think of them as they hunger for the Word of God even where there is no one to give it to them, how they reach out for it, and how they turn from pain and misery and injustice, no matter what you would have them do!”
~ Jesus, Christ the Lord
The time when Jesus was tempted in the wilderness
I have to constantly remind myself that life is not all evil. It is not all “going to hell” that you over-expose evil by your cynicism more than you magnify God (and those that represents him--faith, hope and love) by your gratitude and a calm surrender that life is good, it's gonna be okay He still sits on the throne. Because if you look closely enough, His presence and goodness manifests in the plain, the routine, the unexpected, the simple, the beautiful, the intimacy and devotion, the anticipation and hope.
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