FIRE!

When I say "battle,"  I mean spiritual battles.  I feel so battered and bruised this week.  The enemy knows where the vulnerable spots in my armor are, and he aims at them every time.  The bad thing is that many times the arrow barely pierces my armor, but then I take it and shove it all the way in.  I can tell you, nothing messes up my morning more than having a fiery dart from the enemy running back and forth in my mind.  Once I get that fiery dart in my mind, I just add fuel to the fire and pretty soon I am a spontaneous uncombusting human.  The sad thing about the whole uncombusting thing is that I have a Fireman that is with me all the time.  Most of the time it just takes a well-versed phrase to put out the fire.  Then all is well with my day again.  It's AMAZING how quick the fire can go out.  What is even more amazing is the fact that this Fireman comes to put out fires that I usually accelerate.  I've always been told that if you holler "wolf" (or fire in this instance), people will stop listening and will no longer come to help you, especially if you have made the fire spread more.  The great thing about this Fireman is that He will not only put out the fire, He wrote a manual about it, and after He puts out the fire, He will hold you and let you cry it out.  I am falling in love with this Fireman and this fact about Him makes me love Him even more.  (Out pops a rabbit that I'll chase for a little bit...)

Speaking of love, I did a little study on the word this week.  Like how different is the word "love" as used between Isaac and Rebekah and the word "love" used in reference to "Love the Lord with all your heart."  The first love (according to the original translation of the word - and I am speaking on what I ascertained from my Strong's concordance) is more like a Pepe le Pieu type love, the Woohoo! gonna get me some of that love.  The second love is more of a head knowledge type love, you fall in love because of what you find out about the person and what you know about them.  So I've been trying to do that this week.  Focusing on the aspects of God that make me love Him.

One of the things that I've noticed over the course of time is that my heart knows who it belongs too.  Many times have I tried to turn and go in the other direction, however my heart doesn't let me get very far.  It knows that my path lies in the other direction.  I may be stuck for a little bit before I turn around, but things always go so much better when I get turned around.  And I know that when I turn around, His arms are waiting to catch me and hold me close.  What more could a girl ask for?  When I accepted His gift of salvation, I gave Him my heart and my life.  Who better to take care of them than the one who brought them into being? 

I chased that rabbit for a little bit but I think I needed to because I've been under a constant barrage of fiery darts this evening.  So it's time for me to grab my sword, polish my shield, and do some lion hunting!  Sweet dreams, people!