The Final Battle

While moving through the fields of lions, Satan came to me and spoke.
"I have an important question for you. Eventually, someday, the end will come. When it does and it comes down to the final two, me and you. Only one can go on. The choice will be left unto you. Who will continue? Me or you?"
I employed the gifts god gave me, all given for this moment. The conflict was clear. My heart did not hesitate. Him. Choose him.
My mind replied, "What? Choose Satan before me? How can this be? Is that not his final victory?"
I have since found countless explanations, for every approach yields the same answer if taken all the way through. At that time, I saw this:
I am of god. I know what I bring to the table and as does god. This is known.
I do not know Satan or what he brings. He is the unknown.
The path of god is into the unknown, fearlessly and with love.
My mind was satisfied. The choice was clear.
Satan returned. "What do you say? What is your answer? Who will go on?"
I looked him in the eye and said, "You."
His face blank, he turned and walked away. In the distance I could hear the joyful roar of a crowd. With a tear in my eye, I moved on to join their celebration.

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The Wash. Post: Mexican drug cartels killing children

That's right. Drug crazed maniacs, running the streets in Mexico, brandishing their weapons, searching for children under 10 to kill as symbols of their evil hearts. That's right. Little children. ...Evil bastards. See! A Mexican gets a little bit of money and what does he do? He starts killing children. Yeah, I think it's best we just leave them in their cardboard boxes...
NO, YOU DUMBFUCKS! It's the only reasonable and humane course of action under the given circumstances. Think about it. Man and his wife are working for a cartel. DEA offers them a bunch of money to be informants. The get a bunch of guys killed and thrown in jail and eventually get discovered. So, appropriately, the cartel goes to their home and kills them. Since there was no time to get a baby sitter, the couple's 5 year old witnessed the murder of his parents. Needless to say, he was a bit bothered by the event. So what do you do? Let the kid stay there with his dead parents for a while and eventually grow up a massively scarred and emotionally damaged individual? No, you show a little mercy and responsibility and kill the kid too. The guys didn't enjoy killing the child. It was a nightmare for them no doubt. But it was the right thing to do and they "manned up" and did it. My condolences to all involved. Yuk. But news people: WISE UP!