It's a cliche' and one I'm not totally sure I know what it means.

But I was sharing with a friend today some details about a tough experience we went through several years ago. And I was fuzzy on some of the particulars. Things, that when they were happening, I was sure I'd remember every moment forever.

Guess what?

Yep. I didn't. As we said goodbye, I apologized for not being able to fill it all in. Then I shrugged and said, "Oh well. If I could remember all the details, I'd just get angry and upset all over again."

I think God has healed some of that hurt by blurring the sharp edges of it. It is the devil who stirs up those bad feelings when he can get us to focus on the bad, whatever it is.

So, it's not so much the devil is in the details as it is the devil uses the details.