What does Satan look like to you?
I recently wrote about the dangers of attaching a specific mental image to Jesus. I think there is a similar but different risk with iconifying evil. For one, it means we miss other evils. For another, we also miss the good in any human we're eager to classify as the Antichrist. It may be hard for us to find that good - it may be impossible. But images of God are they.
So, who's the devil in your eyes?
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How 'bout you? Do you have a specific image or person on which you heap your hatred, believing that to do so is good?
2 comments:
Jim,
For the longest time the mental image of Satan I conjured was... Mick Jagger. Silly, I know, but I listened to "Sympathy for the Devil" one too many times, I think. Otherwise, Satan was either a serpent or faceless black-robed body like one of those wraiths in Harry Potter.
Thank God we have God's protection against the enemy.
-Sam
Sam,
The funny thing for me is that at various points he has looked like every single image (and video) in the group I posted, and more.
It's so easy to find and call out evil (in others and ourselves). It's so hard to find the good.
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