I Am Careful
I’m learning something about a little mental perspective I need to have when things bump into my happy and make me annoyed. In that moment, Satan is scheming to have me help him out. If he can just get me jostled to the point where I react out of anger, it’s like lighting a spark near a puddle of gasoline.
Even the smallest spark can ignite quite a fire. A fire that will spread and feel much bigger than what the situation ever should have been.
Satan’s very name means one who casts something between two to cause a separation. Be it tight finances, a misunderstood statement, or one of the millions of little things that can bump our happy… we must remember we do have a choice.
We can choose to play into Satan’s schemes and add to his attempts to separate us from God’s best.
Or, we can choose to fight for our relationships and against Satan’s attempts to trip us up.
When I think about it in these terms, it helps me realize who my real enemy is.
My real enemy isn’t any of the people that bump my happy. My real enemy is the one who tries with all his might to get me to jump into a grumpy mood and help him tear down all that I love.
Lysa TerKeurst
Even the smallest spark can ignite quite a fire. A fire that will spread and feel much bigger than what the situation ever should have been.
Satan’s very name means one who casts something between two to cause a separation. Be it tight finances, a misunderstood statement, or one of the millions of little things that can bump our happy… we must remember we do have a choice.
We can choose to play into Satan’s schemes and add to his attempts to separate us from God’s best.
Or, we can choose to fight for our relationships and against Satan’s attempts to trip us up.
When I think about it in these terms, it helps me realize who my real enemy is.
My real enemy isn’t any of the people that bump my happy. My real enemy is the one who tries with all his might to get me to jump into a grumpy mood and help him tear down all that I love.
Lysa TerKeurst
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