“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13
I gasp for air,
Shock electrifying my thoughts,
I have just seen the demon,
That torments my life.
Its reflection glanced past in a window glass,
And then another, and another.
I’m surrounded by the reality of it.
Can I pull free of the very evil that draws so near?
Do I have the strength to push away
The sin that feeds it?
I search my eyes in a mirror,
The demons stares back.
Come Holy Spirit and chase away,
The darkness that tries to hide within.
Be gone temptation,
Back to the recesses of time,
That I will sin no more.
Written 2-6-2002
Linda J. Humes 