“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ When it returns, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order. Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So will it be also with this evil generation.”
(Matthew 12:43-45, NRSVue)
The spirit leaves, and the person gets their life back together. Tidies up and makes the place nice. Then the spirit comes back, sees how nice it is, and invites others over for a party. Sounds like life.
One problem comes in, and you handle that and things get back to ok, and then life happens, but this time when the problem comes back, they invite their friends along for the fun.
Sometimes we get knocked down. But Christ is always with us to see us through.
Never let life keep you down, shar elove in all you do.
