Whispers of Truth

Distractions. What are yours? Does work get under your skin? Do financial worries bother you? Relationships? Do the daily little problems of life irritate you and distract you from following hard after God? These flaming darts and arrows seem rather painful, but if you are wearing the right protection, a little dart of fire (or even an arrow) is nothing--they bounce right off of us. The truth is, if we put on the armor God provides, the things that give us grief--the little day-in, day-out problems and distractions that we encounter in this life--probably wouldn't grow into giants that plague us.  Ephesians 6:10-18 gives us the low-down on the armor of God: 10  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual force

I often find that when I am afraid, I tend to wrestle with the world more than I wrestle with God. Think about that for a minute, and you might find yourself in the same predicament. It's rather frustrating because I know the truth about God, and I know God, and I pray for strength, but I still sometimes let fear push me in the wrong directions. The strange thing about this thought is that it came to me as a result of taking pictures at an in-school match for our wrestling team in December. Honestly, watching wrestling makes me terribly uncomfortable on so many levels, but since I am responsible for the yearbook, I felt the need to go support my colleagues who coach, my students who wrestle, and my yearbook staff who will need to create pages for this sport soon.   Maybe you are unfamiliar with wrestling and wonder what could make anyone uncomfortable. If so, the following picture is for you--maybe it will help you understand. I chose this particular picture becaus