Then As Now, Evil Begins Its Courtship

Pain Or Perspective, That's The Choice.' . . . You Choose Pain - You Choose To Fight It, Deny It, Bury It - Then Yes, The Choice Is Always Hard. But You Choose Perspective - Embrace Your History, Give It Credit For The Better Person It Can Make You, Scars And All - The Choice Gets Easier Every Time.

It Is Critical That Writers Who Embrace The Light Of Christ's Redemptive Love Characterize The Darkness Arrayed Against Us In A Way That Is Consistent With Its True Nature.

It's Critical That We Use A Very Dark Brush To Paint Evil. When You Bring The Light Into That Darkness As Characterized In John 1, That Light Is Very Vivid. When It Dispels The Darkness, We See The Brilliance That's There.

There Is Indeed Good And There Is Indeed Evil, And Both Walk The Earth. But Good Has Little To Do With The Forms Of Religion, And Evil Has As Little To Do With So Much Behavior Condemned By Religion. Both Good And Evil Vie For The Passions Of The Heart. For Love!

What Matters Is Discovering Myself Under The Veneer, Under The Layers That Are Wrapped Around Me. There Are Two 'yous'; There's 'you', The Real You, And Then There's The Image.