Antithesis (4)

“It’s a spiritual battle,” affirmed Father. Yes, I thought, it is a spiritual battle—not with flesh and blood. But what about the spiritual armor? You can put a helmet on your head and pick up a sword in your hand, but how do you put a spiritual helmet on and how do you pick up a spiritual sword? Before I was able to ask the question, though, Sally stated a question of her own. “What does it mean that the battle is spiritual?” she asked. “It means that it has to do with what’s inside you,...