Just a Thought ... About Sin

A serpent door handle at San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona reminds parishioners that sin lurks everywhere.

Sin rips and ravages. Like a sinister and dangerous predator it tricks us and then pounces.

From burning lust to to juicy gossip to gloating pride sin draws us in through portals of hormones, bitterness and arrogance before killing us with the consequences.

In the midst of our days and nights we never know when it will bare it's teeth and attack. It may be while driving, a thought of how somebody hurt us erupts into the forefront of our minds and we stew. We imagine chewing them out or choking them out. We create imaginary scenarios where we win and they lose. Read more

Photo credit: River Rant