My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary this week, and at the same time began a course called “Initmate Encounters” with the hopes of helping a strong marriage to become even stronger. We knew that the idea of forging greater intimacy with each other, and with God, would not sit well with our adversary, so we were not surprised when he began to throw his fiery darts of distraction. Over the course of the past seven days we have walked through sickness, stress, packed schedules, turmoil in the hearts of our teenage son and daughter, and seemingly everything in our house breaking down at the same time. In an odd way this makes me smile – 1) because the opposition leads me to believe that we are definitely on the right path, and 2) because I know that whatever harm the evil one intends to inflict on my life will ultimately serve God’s purposes. Satan is indeed a powerful enemy, fierce and cunning, but He is no match for my God. Whatever evil he sends my way has already been designed by God as a tool of transformation. Greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world! (1 John 4:4).
AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN!