chill

This is just one happy dude. He looks all excited about the world like he just got back from the trenches in the war and walked into an air conditioned shopping mall with roller coasters. He even has a medal that shows he got credit for some of his hardship in the war. He is clearly on holiday - no gun/ sword/ pistol does he carry.

I have been like that dude in many ways:
- I feel victorious over battles fought and won. I even sometimes think I carry a medal that says something like: Grace struggled with that but its over now! She won.
- I walk around so easily drawn to things in this world, checking out this and that.
- I feel like oh! Now I don't have to be so different anymore! I can blend in with the civilians! The war is over.. Life goes on! Bring it on!

Today I realised that the war rages on. I realised that while I chal, the enemy advanced. He started encroaching again,using windows and doors I had opened. He came in disguised among the things I like. He almost regained my territory while I sat down shining my medals! He almost beat me. Not because I can not fight nor because I do not have a good commanding officer.. but because I stopped fighting.

The war is not over.

No more sleeping on job :-)

⁸ Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ⁹ Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
(1Pet 5:8-9)