Battle

I talked with the girls again on Skype last night, and they are having a great time with Nana and Pappy.  They had been shopping and went to the park twice.  Those who really know my girls know that they LOVE to go to the park and play, so that made the day wonderful.  They have big plans for the rest of the week too! 

To some, this may sound crazy or radical, but I really believe there is a spiritual battle going on in my life.  Not so much that I am personally struggling with spiritual issues, but I feel as though my family and I have been under Satan's attack lately.  There have been lots of small things, but there have been some really big job and family issues as well.  Now, individually, none of these things would lead me to this conclusion.  But, the combination of them all, along with the source of one particular issue, makes me think there is a bigger picture.  One person in particular has really personally attacked me, and I would never in a million years have expected it.  The words and behaviors are totally out of character for him, so it makes me think that there is something else going on.  The common factor among all of the recent drama, both in my life and the lives of my husband and girls, has been an attack on our character and who we are as people.  Verbal attacks about using people, being hateful to others, being brats, belittling other people, having inapproriate conversations, and on and on and on......It is one thing for attacks to be about our behaviors, but it is a much more personal attack when it is about who we are as people.  I honestly believe that Satan is using these attacks to try to make us bitter and angry people, and I refuse to let him win.  God's power is so much stronger than Satan's, and Satan will NOT win this battle in our lives.  It does make me angry that he attacks my children, but I believe he only attacks those who are working for good and who threaten him.  I am so thankful for the way my mother raised me....one comment she always used to make was, "Would you do that if Jesus was sitting right beside you?"  Well, I now take comfort in knowing that Jesus IS with me through this battle, and  he WILL win.