Lent 2

Following straight on from nodbear's thought provoking Ash Wednesday post about deserts, which immediately got me thinking about the temptations Jesus had in the wilderness, and how they can seem a bit side our experience. There wouldn't be much point in suggesting I turn bread into stones, would there?

But the one about ruling the world (if He serves the devil) is understandable; it can come to any of us, at any time, if not in such a dramatic way. I can certainly think of occasions when the little imp in my head has tempted me to do something along the lines of "I'll show them who's boss" or maybe suggested I try to unfairly get one over on somebody else.

nodbearsays that deserts aren't just arid geographical regions and she's right. We can carry our deserts around with us.