"The demons pleaded with him, 'If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.'"
Matthew 8:31
This Gospel always conjures up the most disagreeable images for me...seems so wasteful, even if one doesn't fancy eating pork! But, Pray-As-You-Go today offered up an interesting question which I'd like to pass on. Assuming we all have a little demoniac about us, what are our little demons we would like to send over the cliff? What parts of ourselves would we like to exorcize and be rid of? That's easy for me to nail down, but the harder part is letting go of them. It seems like I can get just to the edge of the cliff, the little demon is headed over the cliff and I'm holding onto its tail. Argh, that! Why can't I just give it that final shove over? Because there is something about that negative behavior or attitude that seems to serve me somehow. There is some reason I hang onto that unsavory element about myself. Saying good-bye to the little demon means saying goodbye to something that I'm familiar with and has been a companion (although not a good one!) Remember that old saying "The devil you know is better than the devil you don't!" I guess I'm reluctant to actually let go of that old familiar devil and send him over the cliff once and for all. Jesus and I will work on that! Blessings on your 5th! Love, heidi
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