Of Iced Mochas, Demons, and Battle

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

Among human beings, who knows what pertains to a person except the spirit of the person that is within? Similarly, no one knows what pertains to God except the Spirit of God. (1 Corinthians 2:11, NABRE)

Earlier this year, I went five months without an iced venti decaf skinny mocha, a drink I had been indulging in as many as three times a day.

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