But if the turtle seems a bit mundane and anti-climactic, read this account of devilish harrassment in the American suburbs:

Dear Father

I have noticed a pattern in my growth in faith. The more I pray, and the more faith that I am graced with, the more I seem to be faced with increased temptations, an increase of my current health problems, and in increase in health problems of my loved ones.

Many times while reading Christian materials there have been power surges in my home with lights going out, and numerous light bulbs blowing out even after replacing lamps with new bulbs.

I have had almost constant computer problems when reading on line Christian materials, and while starting to type this message tonight, right after I typed my title, the computer, light, and TV in this room went out, and I had to restore the PC once the power came back on. It only affected this room of the house this time.

I have had 4 new tires blow out on my car while on the Interstate at different times during that last few weeks almost causing my car to crash. Two other times, I had two flat tires while my car was parked at home. The tires have been of different brands, and I have no enemies that I’m aware of that would do anything to my tires.

The list goes on and on, but I have tested this by going a whole day without praying, and things seem to return to normal. When I am spending much time in prayer, things seem to get worse.

Am I crazy, are these coincidences, or does Satan know that I’m praying, and if he does, does he have any kind of power to cause these things, and if so, why would he put so much effort in it? Although I consider myself a good person, I’m certainly not a great person, and I have many flaws. Why would Satan go after (if that is what this is) a person as myself?

I must say that I’m somewhat concerned about this.

I’m sorry I took up so much space, but I didn’t know how to explain this any other way.

Could it be SATAN???????