"Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear"

Sometimes we get too comfortable.  Life is chugging right along.  We go through the daily routines. 

And then seemingly out of nowhere our lives are slammed by a force that we just didn't see coming.  Our blinders were on and the force slipped in through our "blindspot".  That object was there, it was just much closer than it initially appeared.  We thought it was a mile back, but it was actually right next to us...waiting.

As someone who was raised in the Christian faith, I am well aware that there are spiritual forces at work in our lives on a daily basis.  It's just that if things are going well in my life I get lax in remembering to bind that dark and evil force that likes to hit when we're walking around with a smile on our face acting like we're invincible and infallible.

It's a how a practical joke works best: You wait until someone is unprepared and relaxed and then you hit 'em from behind with a huge picture of ice water over the top of their head.  Everyone else laughs at your expense while you sit there shivering cold, drenched, embarrassed, alone, adrenaline pumping.  After a few minutes you may be able to calm down enough to catch your breath and laugh with the rest of your friends about how stupid you were to have let yourself relax that much around a bunch of punks. 

But sometimes we can't recover.  When that evil force hits us so hard and so unexpectedly we just can't deal.

We allow ourselves to sit in the evil and let it fester.  We toy around with the idea of the evil and convince ourselves that it's right.  It's good.  It's "meant to be".  We know that if it were happening to someone else, we would look at them and know that they were allowing evil in.  But the blinders are on and the wall is up.

And Satan is having fun.  He loves watching the domino effect take place within our lives.  He loves watching how many people he can throw into a turmoil of doubt, confusion, judgement and pain.  He loves watching us humans make mistakes.  And then when you're down he becomes full of pride as he keeps throwing temptation grenades all around us.  They're hard to avoid and we can't always move around them fast enough.

But his mistake is that he keeps forgetting we have HIM on our side.  As he tries to destroy us, HE is nudging us.  HE is whispering in our ears as the blasts go off nearby.  HE is sending private army's full of HIS people who are stronger than anything Satan can fathom.  HE has an endless supply of weapons that are being handed out as this post is being written. 

You want a battle little guy?  You got it.  It's been awhile, but I'm up for it.  As are many others.

And so it begins.