"Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love."
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
My battle.
My Awareness.
I don't ever recall ever going to church nor reason to want to go. This was at Tyrese suggestion based on how this town worked and the best way to get information. A church. A bar.
My mind rested on Carl. If anyone could mess this up for us, it would be him whenever he is out of my sight for too long. It was the reason I had to keep him close in prison after he killed a guy over pancakes.
Lori wasn't seated where I had left her. She was at the front of the church in the arms of people who were placing their hands on her back, and her head. I sat down. My sister Tara left her spot next to Daryl to sit next to me.
"You are blocking my view, big brother."
Tara was amused, and I was confused.
"What's going on?"
"The hell if I know. But's it's fascinating to watch."
I look back at my new acquaintance who leaned forward to hear my question.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing but what they call the Holy Ghost!"
Whatever event Lori was experiencing, she wasn't the same afterward. The pastor was going on and on and soon I began to hear his words. Crystal clear.
"Run Devil Run! Stand tall. Stand Strong. There will come a time in every man's life. Woman's life too where temptation will be found around the corner. Don't mean you necessarily looking for it. It's just right around the corner. You run right into, or it greets with the sweetest proposition. The worst temptation has you propositioning...that's the dangerous kind because...follow me now...it means you may have lost your mind...given in to the other side. You have to have your eyes open. Your heart filled with the spirit of God to fight the demon that is willing to make you cheat your friend, your wife, your employer, your community. Temptation comes in all forms my friends, and here today we need to pray, stay prayed up to fight. Let's bow our heads and pray for the neighbor next to us that will come upon a struggle in his life once he leaves this church..."
My battle was with Awareness.
