Warriors, Get Your Gear On

‘We live our lives not simply according to what we know, but what we really believe.’



BAM. That statement hits me hard. I have lived my life for the past few years according to some pretty bitter, bad-expectations-beliefs. Due to my own sins and unbelief. Due to others’ sins against me.


…but that doesn’t mean it has to be that way for good. I’m realizing I can rewrite the framing story of my life with God’s help and through His grace. The effects of bad expectations..and fear.. can be no more.


Why? Because God does not expect me to walk around defeated and hopelessly broken. He wants me to take hold of the authority I have in Christ because He has already defeated Death and all of his friends. Satan reigns in this earthly, physical world, but he is under Christ’s feet in the spiritual realm. And as a believer in Christ, I am called to stand in the Light because He is in the Light.


He has given me eternal truths to stand on and live by...truths that can dispel the darkness and deception that Satan has been HURLING at me for so long. Truths that can bring me the wholeness I need. But only if I believe them for myself and not just settle for knowing about them. I need to speak them aloud. I need to live according to them. And that takes knowledge AND action. I will not be a victim of this spiritual ignorance anymore, by God’s grace. No more will I be captive to this deception of Satan’s. Because greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4).


“My child, if you’re really going to do this thing, you’re going to have to give Me unhindered access to your entire heart, mind, soul, and body. Wholeness will come when you’ve given yourself to Me wholly and let Me fill every empty place in your life. Now you’ve learned what Satan can do. Are you ready to learn how to stand and fight?” (from Beth Moore’s Praying God’s Word)


Yes. I am ready to be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Off to put on my full armor now…
Have you found your armor yet? Well, warriors..get your gear on.

Difficult to Hope..but Beautiful

God, do I ever need a new beginning…but it’s so hard to hope for sometimes. Discouragement comes so easily, and the past threatens to perpetuate into my future. It’s been such a summer of breaking and realizing. Really, it’s been hard to tell up from down this whole year. Seems like it’s been a series of broken relationships and shattered trust. Oh the anger I have experienced! And the loneliness. But amidst it all, I have had glimpses of Hope, short-lasting but beautiful.

But quite honestly, I think I have lost much of my trust and have been walking around in a bullet-proof vest, keeping others from getting close to me, as the Coldplay song goes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsz-EeNZBkI



How DO you hope for better things when the good things of life are overshadowed by the bullshit and pain of your experiences? Please help me to hold on to what I’ve been given lately, God. Your blessings. Help me to see those who love me. To embrace and love them in return. Help me to open my heart to sincere friends I have yet to meet.
Hope. Healing. Yes, you two…I’ll see you soon.