No intentions in the box yet, but a friend's posting sparked a thought and a need to pray for strength and courage to overcome the temptations that the Devil is throwing at us.
All around the country there are new students attending universities and colleges having doors wide open to the possibilities with some of which could lead them astray. As said in the Spiderman movies "With great power comes great responsibility." This is so true of students! They now have the power to dictate their time, where they hang out and with who, what they put into their bodies, and what they do with them.
Because of being given this great power the Devil tries even harder to get to us by manipulating our responsibilities into more selfish and instantly gratifying actions. Why study when your buddy has already done the effort and they will let you look at their work? Why should we not put as much alcohol into our systems as we can when we supposedly don't harm anyone but ourselves? Why should it matter if I decide to go to church or not who will know?
As my spiritual director told me once, "it is not the big choices that lead us to a greater evil, but rather the small choices that are made along the path." So tonight I pray for all those suffering in temptation whether it be something big or small.
May the Holy Spirit be with all of you who may be enduring temptations in your walk of life. I encourage you if you are struggling with something such as the temptation to copy someone's work rather doing your own take a step back and think with the power you have been given are you being a responsible human being? What would Jesus say to you if he saw what you were doing?
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