Letters to Charlie

I've noticed the past few weeks that my friends and I very quick to acknowledge the existence of Jesus. We talk about Him all the time, what He's doing on our lives, what we wants to do with our future, what we can do to spread his name. The list goes on and on. This is not a bad thing, in fact, it's a wonderful thing but, there is something we do not talk about. The existence of Satan. This alarms me because he is just as real as Jesus. He is also doing things in our lives and not good things. While reading Blue Like Jazz I've noticed that Donald Miller isn't afraid to drop Satan's name and draw attention to his presence in our faith and in the church. This was shocking to me. Growing up my mother believed there was no such thing as hell. I was taught that everyone goes to heaven and everything is fine and dandy. It wasn't until my early teen years that I fully understood the existence of evil. The reality is we live on Satan's playground. He is the reason for all the bad on this earth, to fail to acknowledge him is a dangerous thing.