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Topic: Serve - Sever - Veers - Verse (08/14/25)
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TITLE: Tangled in Our Web | Previous Challenge Entry
By Corinne Smelker
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Your bumbling efforts with that wretched human are testing my patience, and I assure you, Our Father Below is far less forgiving. My neck is on the line, your failures reflect on me, and I will not be dragged down to the lower pits because of your incompetence. We must wrench this soul from the Enemy’s grasp, and I’m pinning our hopes on severing her ties to His insipid flock. The modern world’s chaos, riper than ever in 2025, gives us ample ammunition. Get this right, or we’ll both be roasting in deeper torment.
Your puny mote’s entanglement with that church and its cursed small group is a festering wound. These earth-grubs cling to community like drowning rats to driftwood, but their bonds snap easily. Sever her from these fools. Whisper that they’re hypocrites, too absorbed in their egos to care for her. Point to the sanctimonious prattle of her group’s leader or the smug piety of that loud-praying busybody. Use the news to stoke her doubts—take that church embezzlement scandal, where a pastor siphoned off thousands. Murmur: “They’re all frauds, just like your so-called friends.” Let distrust fester until she feels utterly alone, even in their midst. An isolated soul is ours for the taking.
She’s likely throwing herself into church tasks: serving coffee, folding bulletins, or some other drivel. Twist this. Make her notice who gets the praise: Why does she get lauded for the fundraiser while my slog goes ignored? Amplify it with the volunteer crisis screaming across her news feed; charity workers quitting in droves, burned out and unappreciated. Whisper that serving is a scam, draining her for nothing. If she withdraws, bitter and spent, she’ll cut herself off from the Enemy’s nauseating call to humility, drifting straight to us.
When she veers toward the Enemy, praying or thumbing through His wretched Book, disrupt her. The world’s a circus of distractions, and we own the ringmaster. Flood her phone with our toys: X posts about “finding your inner goddess” or that viral “spiritual reset” nonsense clogging TikTok. These are our marionettes, peddling empty highs that ape His peace. If she reads His words, poison them. When she stumbles on “Peace I leave with you” (John 14:27), scoff: “Peace? With wars flaring in the Middle East and markets tanking?” Push her to veer toward our chaos, mistaking it for truth.
That communion ritual, ugh, it’s a lifeline to Him, and we must sever it. Point to any church split over liturgy wars. Suggest it’s just stale bread, not sacred. Make her late with a news alert about hurricanes or political mudslinging. If she skips it, distracted or cynical, the cord frays. Keep her drowning in our noise, not the Enemy’s quiet.
Strumpet, I’m livid at your floundering. Sever her from the Enemy’s love, or I’ll personally ensure you regret it. Let her think she’s charting her own course, but make every step a cut toward our domain.
My future, indeed our future, depends on bringing this soul home to hell. Don’t you dare fail me again. Keep this quiet, or the gossiping fiends below will have us both in chains.
Your increasingly furious aunt,
Diabolica
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I had to slow down and read it carefully to distinguish some of the dialogue, but then again, that could just be me recovering from a brain injury.
Either way, good job on your article :)
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Screwtape Letters" by C. S. Lewis. Your story reminds me of his style. A good reminder to stay in the Bible.