Meditation for Day 15

THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT
When an unclean spirit
has gone out of someone,
it wanders through dry places,
seeking rest and finding none.

Then it says,
'I will return into the house
I came out of.'
And when it gets there
it finds the house empty,
swept,
and put in order.

Then it goes,
and brings along
seven other spirits
more evil than itself,
and they enter in
and settle there:
and the last state of that person
is worse than the first.

Even so shall it be
with this evil generation.
Matthew 12:43-45

Legend says that when Satan raised his giant battle-axe against Heaven's gates, God's shaft of lightning struck it from his hand. The flaming axe fell into the North Sea, and was changed into the thousand-acre island of Lindisfarne.
Through the centuries this bit of lore concerning God's victory inspired those who lived on, or visited the island, to keep Satan's power underfoot ...

Lord, show us the things that are binding the work You have called forth on Holy Island.
Help us to loose YOUR work,
and let it go
in resurrection power.

 

 

 

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