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G-Pop’s grandson peered at him quizzically.
The idea posed by G-Pop had left the boy perplexed.
“Let’s go find a tornado.”
The little grandson was not sure where to begin, so he ran to a nearby set of books, found a picture of a tornado and presented it to G-Pop, hoping he had fulfilled the mission.
“No, not a picture,” said G-Pop. “I want a real tornado.”
Now, G-Pop’s grandson is pretty sharp, so after contemplating for a few seconds, he replied, “You can’t find a tornado without storms.”
Exactly.
Throughout the annals of human history, mankind has desperately tried to personify wickedness in the form of an incarnate evil.
- Mephistopheles.
- Satan.
- Old Nick.
- Beelzebub.
All these names, and many others, were created to strike terror in the hearts of humans, to warn us that apparently we are part of some sort of cosmic chess game, in which God and Lucifer move us around from place to place at their whim, to establish prowess.
Matter of fact, you can be alienated from the Christian community simply by failing to adequately believe in Satan.
But the devil, just like a tornado, fails to be around when there isn’t a storm created by the winds of uncertainty, anger and lust.
That’s how you make a tornado, you know–cold winds meet hot winds and swirl until there’s a physical manifestation of the conflict, which we call a twister. But without the cold and the hot, tornadoes do not exist.
It is amazing how evil the world seems when the cold indifference of people runs headlong into the hot anger of fools. All at once, it seems as if we have an uninvited Hell Being.
But is it true?
Is there an actual Evil One who stalks us? Or is he only made manifest when we arrive at the Garden of Life looking for trouble?
It’s a great question, and one that should be discussed. But I will tell you, if such a creature actually does exist, its efforts are greatly deterred if we remove the frigid apathy and the searing rage which build up because we have ceased to believe in the power of goodness.
G-Pop’s grandson asked, “What can I do to stop evil?”
G-Pop paused and replied, “Well, you see…”
(to be continued)
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