we are who we are not

Temptation A Convenient Place to Put Blame Once, while I was at a friends church, I saw something that got me to thinking about the nature of temptation. The church members were gathering around particular members in order to invoke the holy spirit and set the person free of temptation. I began to wonder why they simply didn't "blame" the person for falling in the temptation. The "Hail Mary" asks God to, "lead us not …

…on a Sunday night. Yes God can help (he's got connection's), but he doesn't do it be removing the temptation. You see, temptation is just a useful device for personalizing human weakness. Its not really without, its as within as we let it. And while the churches Satin may be very real, his only power is to test us. Temptation can be overcome. For in the morning, we must all resist the temptation toward good.