Wednesday, May 2, 2012
I hate Satan. My mentor once
said that and I can’t think of any better way to put it. I hate how crafty and
conniving he is. That he would choose to use the ones I love to steal my joy.
Oftentimes, the downcast, disheartened attitudes of the ones I love tend to
steal the abundant life that Christ generously has offered me. “Satan does not
come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have
life, and that they may have it more abundantly,” John 10:10. Satan uses these
less than enthusiastic, negative conversations with the ones I love to plant
seeds of doubt and fear in my head. “But perfect love drives out fear,” I John
4:18. Christ is perfect love. I want to retaliate and choose not to talk with
these anymore, but am I not to return evil with good? Therefore, I stand on my
Rock and I claim the full life that He offers and I sing, “Hey Devil, go on,
get your junk out of here. I don’t need you, so move along,” and I count…
1. Yoga
and showered by 5am
2. Farmington
Greenhouse
3. Wilting
dandelions
4. Seeds
in the garden before the rain
5. Alphabet
training app
6. Kare11
app with weather alerts
7. Rhubarb
– first “fruit of the plains,” Joe Hanser
8. Cupcakes
for daddy coming home
9. Steady
whistle of train
10. Phone
call from the engineer
11. Hip
to hip in the chair, snuggled under blanket warm
12. Glitter
in blonde hair
13. Working
with my hands
14. Shreds
of sweet coconut
15. Picking
girls up from school
16. Discipline
that leads to a repentant heart
17. “Yes,
Mommy”
18. Barnes
& Noble Gift Card
19. Ability
to give gifts
20. Ding
for You’ve Got Mail
21. Hum
of wash machine
22. Beep
of fridge…door’s open
23. Top
Secret Binders and sticky notes
24. The
golden heads choosing shopping
25. Stillness
after the wind and storm
26. Stamps
at CVS
27. Cycle
shop fixing the lawnmower tire
28. Seas
of green potted plants
29. Big
flies that are easy to find and swat
30. Lunch
Menu
31. Soft
fuzzy slippers that warm toes
32. New
dark purple shower curtain
33. New
unstretched ponytails
34. Lotion
that softens tough skin
35. Lip
Balm tenderizing chapped lips
36. First
pinkish haze of sun in the 4:30am sky
37. Safety
of my golden heads
38. Flexible
muscles
39. Toning
muscles
40. Red
and yellow strip on black birds – stark contrast
41. Blogger
42. Contrasts:
Kill/destroy & life/abundance
43. Being
according to the Spirit – Romans 8:5
44. Perfect
baby white teeth
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