Temtations

It's 47 days into 2009. Forty-eight short days ago, we were all making our New Year's resolution as we watched the clock hit twelve. Mine is to once again give up all caffinated drinks. I don't know what yours is, or was, but have you broken it yet? In Avenue Q there are these two puppets called the Bad Idea Bears. They are cute and talk in really high pitched vioces and they just look hugable. But there purpose isn't really sweet. Everytime one of the characters would come face to face with a problem or situation, POP! The Bad Idea Bears would show up steering them in the wrong direction. For me, one of my favorite lines in the whole play was "Take her home! She's wasted! YAY!!!" Spoken by none other than the Bad Idea Bears. Notice how they said yay when Princeton took her home. However, everytime a character did the right thing, they would get sad. In that sense, these bears are like the Devil. He always shows up when we are faced with important decisions. He gets really happy when you consider going along with it, but then when you turn away and do the right thing, he is dissapointed. But hey, that shouldn't matter because when you turn away from the Devil, God is celebrating. He is shouting, "Yay!" We shouldn't have to think about what we need to do. We should follow God in everything we do. Just remember, the closer to God you are, the more the Devil is going to show up. He's going to try to bring you down to his level, but don't let him. Rise above him and keep following God. It's part of our walk of faith. Or, leap of faith really. God bless.