Yes, of course God doesn't do that--He only wants our good and only has good thoughts toward His own!
Satan has a mind of his own, too, and he seeks out weaklings and devises plans to destroy and kill them. Believers are his choice victims. So, we need to be putting on our armour daily.
One way to keep one's armour on and not lopsided or open, is to stop reading threads like this where a small opening could form in our breastplate of righteousness and make our hearts vulnerable---or our helmet of salvation could go lopsided and leave our mind open to an attack, or even a small tack could get into the sole of our boot of peace and we could be distracted from the Peace of God. No--we must run from teachers of error. be wise.
*smiles bitterly*
(for mood music, since I cannot post links, look up "fragrance of dark coffee jazz" on youtube, and click on the jazz version that pops up.)
A darkness is in every one of our souls. It eats away at us, leaving us vulnerable to everything this world has to offer. Life, love and hope are mere cliches... cliches of our existence. They become mundane things in a world without any of it. No love... no hope... no life. Time holds its breath, hoping tomorrow does not bring about the earths destruction.
And it is this same darkness that eats away at my soul, constantly, daily. I hold bitterness in my heart, hatred for myself. I am at war constantly within my mind; I have no peace. Yet I support it. I support that which I might or might not have. Funny, how one can both not be on good terms with God, and still support and love Him.
And also, it is this same darkness that runs rampant in threads like this. If I can take even a little of that darkness upon myself, perhaps I can help others to see the light at the other end of that tunnel of shadows, so that others might not be as consumed with self-loathing and bitterness. Perhaps one day, God will help me overcome that which kills me daily, within the core of my being. But not today... today, I do battle, with or without armor. Though it may destroy me in the end.
Is this foolish? Perhaps. I seem to think so. But it's not like it's changing anything that isn't already in a state of great disrepair.
though you're correct in what you say, I'm pointing out it's not so easy for me to run. Arguing is a way of life for me. And I do it so others might at least see someone who can think, who doesn't accept everything on a whim. That perhaps others might seriously consider Christ.
Mine is an empty ministry. But a ministry nonetheless.
If my useless comments and thoughts help discourage one person from being deceived out of God's gift of salvation, then so be it.
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