I’m sure we’re all pretty much familiar with the Vampire stories. Dracula, Underworld, Vampires on Saturn (I’m not sure that’s an actual movie. Judging from the title that I just made up, I would not suggest doing an internet search on it. I don’t believe in Vampires, you may be thinking. Well, by the time you finish reading this, I hope to have convinced you that yes. Yes, Vampires do exist, and I’ll go as far as to say you know a few. Vampirism is just a bastardization of The Last Supper. As Jesus says in Matthew 26:27-28

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he passed it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”

If you’re one of those who are saying right now. Well, the Vampire mythology was around way before the time of Jesus and The Last Supper (said in my utmost self-righteous and whiny voice). That may be true, but the enemy has been around long before as well and knew that Jesus was coming, and so offered many red herrings to throw the scent of the Savior. If you want, we can get into that as well, but that’s a dog for another fight. Sorry if I triggered you with that phrase, Mike Vick. Yes, Mike V could just be reading my post.

I know I might be dating myself, but just in case you needed a little visual reminder of the dreaded scourge of the earth, Vampires. I found a little clip for you from one of my favs from back in the day. The visual effects, yes, are whack, but remember this is back in the day (Can you find anything else to do other than Troll, I mean, bruh, chill).

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I’m sure you all have one of those friends, or you know someone who is always complaining. If you don’t know someone like that, then be very careful. It may just be that you’re that person. The person who, every time you talk to them, it’s a problem. Nothing ever goes right; life is just a struggle all the time. Doesn’t it drain you? Don’t you feel less happy, excited, pumped after talking to them? You can go into a conversation like that feeling on top of the world, and in 5 minutes of that mess feel like you’re favorite show (Martin) just got cancelled. That’s because they are sucking the life out of you. Hollywood knows about this. There are so many movies with life drainers. Energy Suckers, Emotional Leeches, Mood Killers. Feel free to use any of those; they aren’t trademarked (YET). For now, though, we’ll refer to these people as Emotional Vampires. We all know these people, right? We all feel the drain, the mood shifts, and the atmosphere changes when these people are around. You start avoiding their calls, and you stop inviting them to things. What we’ve learned to do in these situations is to Protect Our Peace (POP). Yes, POP is so important! You down with POP, yeah, you know me. Who’s down with POP, every last body. Okay, I digress, and that was possibly childish, but so what? It’s my blog, hater. Let me live.

A lot of times, we’ve only learned to POP after years of being drained. I kid you not. I saw an Emotional Vampire talk to someone I had known for years. Let’s call the person being drained Nick. I mean, Nick was fed off of for decades. After all that time, I saw Nick. He looked so drained, so very old and weary. He didn’t dress the same. He didn’t care about his appearance; his clothes were sloppy, his hair a mess, grooming a mess. You all have to understand that before this. Nick was as sharp as a tack. I mean, he had it together. I believe that’s why the Emotional Vampire was drawn to him in the first place. These EVs (yup, I made it into an abbreviation) seek out emotionally stable people. I mean, vampires don’t have blood so how could they feed off each other? They need someone full of high energy and emotions so that they can drain that person and feel better themselves. Remember, they are ticks and leeches that will gorge themselves on your energy. Just in case you need an example of an EV. I think Ryan Coogler captured one well in his Sinner’s movie (NSFW!!!).

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Hailee in the movie preyed on Mike B’s emotions so well that it ended up costing him. I won’t spoil it for all the late to the party joka’s who haven’t seen the movie yet. I do declare!

Nick died in a misery that wasn’t even his. Who knows how much his life was shortened by being drained? He wasn’t the same Nick in his later years, though. I can tell you that, and that was a travesty. EVs don’t just destroy the people, but they also destroy the connections to people that Nick could have helped. If someone turns off the light in the lighthouse. Many a boat will crash.

I’m going to wrap this up because no one came here to read a novel. I have more to say, but we can rap on it again later, or you can ask me some questions in the comments if you want, and we can rap a taste there. To end this. I want to tell you how to combat this. How to POP. As a believer in Christ. I rely on the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is an early detection (think garlic, holy water, mirrors, sunlight) all the things to figure out if this person is an EV or not. The Holy Spirit is also the protection from the EV. It brings in the Sunlight of Jesus to burn that negativity to the ground. The Holy Spirit gives you discernment to stay away from situations where EVs wait in ambush. If you are not a believer. I’m not sure how to inform you to be safe. Maybe you can try some hoodoo, get a root put on ’em, or dare I say get you a boogity???

It’s Da Boogity For Me!!!

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You’ll have to stay away and be vigilant as best you can. It will be hard though, these people can be dressed up as friends, spouses, or family. You think you’re being encouraging, and all the while your “well” is running dry. Who will refill you when you’re empty? As for me and my house, we will be filled by the Lord

John 7:37-38

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”

Until Next Time WatChaPrayFo3 Anyway…