“For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh,
but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the cosmic powers of this present darkness,
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
(Ephesians 6:12 NRSV)
After the recent power outages, I had been off the computer for some time to conserve energy. When I returned I discovered the following memo which I am sharing with apologies to C. S. Lewis. You decide how best to deal with this information, especially in the season of Lent. I remain God’s obedient servant, Jackie Ann.
Memo
To: All Active Screwtrolls
From: Temptation Universtiy Faculty on Behalf of our Sincere Leader
Re: Project Updates and New Directives for Current Initiatives.
Kudos to all Screwtrolls who empowered the continued confusion and disparity in the US Congress. Those who had influence on human elected officials who voted for non-conviction will receive their appropriate rewards and promotions. The Screwtrolls assigned to the 7 members who voted inappropriately for conviction are hearby ordered to proceed immediately back to Temptation University for “retraining”. You know who you are!
The faculty needs to remind you all that fear is our greatest tool to continue stealing glory from our enemy. Stay focused on creating anxiety and fear in each human under your charge. This requires finesse to know your human well enough to identify what it fears and how to keep the pressure of that fear working in it. One of the best ways to do this is to prevent silence and quiet times where the enemy can speak to the spirit of the humans. Stay focused on keeping your charges busy and attentive to social media outlets that keep them unfocused on issues the enemy would honor. While this continues to be a challenge during social distancing, especially during power black outs and weather emergencies, this is what you were trained for and the faculty has every confidence in your training.
While Congress has been Trumped for now, we are downsizing this initiative and some Screwtrolls will be reassigned to work on other projects to take pressure off the current fools who lead party politics as the chaos has gone as far as we dare empower it for now. Subject D.T’s personal weaknesses have been used to our best advantage, but he may not be our best alternative to deny any future glory to the enemy. We are re-evaluating the T.C. initiative to see if the subject is truly worthy of future investment in power. We need to ensure that recent repentance was not genuine before we continue this initiative. In the political theater, on other fronts, our campaign for political takeover in Myanmar continues to go well and, also provides a role model for how it can proceed successfully in other nations.
The continued gain in popularity of Atheism world-wide is also another initiative that moves forward well. But we wish to warn Screwtrolls who think this work is easy: Remember that this philosophy works well only with those people who are logical thinkers. Be very careful with humans who are denying or forgetting the spiritual side of their creation. These are humans whose talent is logical thinking and many of them are prone to sudden flips back to their spiritual mode for the perseved need of “wholeness”. That is why you must create a safe bubble for these believers to prevent emotional stress from causing accidents of faith. The enemy can be ruthless in causing challenges that work counter to logical explanations of the Source’s existence. The enemy still gives the gift of faith without discretion. Your task will be to prevent it from flowering wherever and whenever this happens. We are working on a workshop for those who are committed to proceeding with this initiative.
Final instructions: Always remember that the enemy created humans with the ability to choose who they will give their ultimate allegiance to. Use every tool in your kit to keep your clients making choices small and big in our camp – choices of selfishness, self-service, material possessions, power, and financial gains. Fear is our greatest tool in the kit because it is directly opposite of faith. Keep the pressure on! You must do this!
May I suggest:
Read The Screwtape Letters by C.S.Lewis who is one of the greatest 20th century Christian Apologists. It is good to understand the principles of the oppostion in any struggle.