"The Night Wind" by Emily Bronte: Reflective Post

     "The Night Wind" by Emily Bronte truly describes a story a both love and temptation. It talks of a woman trying to be persuaded by the night wind so that they may be together. It begins by showing how peaceful a wind in the middle of the night may be, and continues on to explain the relationship and temptation of the wind to the woman. This explains that in life, we may have temptations that are either not worth the effort to fulfill or, knowing right from wrong, realizing that the temptation may not be the best decision in that particular time of our lives. In the world we live in today, society shows that we must give into temptation and most of the time, things that may be evil or wrongful in the sight of God.
     Personally, I believe as though this poem is paralleled with that of the story in the Bible which speaks of the Serpent's temptation to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. How quickly temptation grabs our attention in order for us to become to infatuated with the idea that we begin to give in. The woman in the poem defines the boundaries that her and the wind should have leading to her not giving in and telling the wind to leave her alone and go for someone else who would be more willing and susceptible. We have also known temptation from birth, just as the wind tells the woman, "Were we not friends from childhood? Have I not loved thee long?", making it no harder to give up the sin that lies within us all.
     Ultimately, we must decide our fate and deal with the consequences when and if we go along with temptation. The greatest weapon against that is God and through trial and temptation we can know that he will be there for us, but how far must we be tempted in order for us to put our worries on God? We as Christians sometimes forget that we can call upon God since we are so focused upon ourselves thinking that we can handle situations on our own. Only God can give us the strength we need, and only can we make the decision to call on him when the time arrives.