Spiritual Battles

Top of the mornin' to ya! I hope everyone's weekend went wonderfully.

This weekend consisted of pictures, pictures, and more pictures. Saturday I took the wedding pictures of the lovely Katlyn Goodwin (Mills). Talk about a beautiful bride! (I'll have a photo blog in the near future. Promise!) I then enjoyed some awesome family time. We carved pumpkins, roasted wienies, had us a s'more, played Pictionary Man (hilarious game. If you've never played, you definitely should.), and watched the Cards play some ball! It was a wonderful Saturday. :) Sunday however, was an awakening day for me.

In the Bible, it says that our souls are fought for day and night. Ya know, the old thing about good concurring evil and what not. I hadn't really paid attention or thought about that until this past Sunday. Now, I think about it constantly.

Let me set the scene for you..
It's a Sunday night. Chicken alfredo is deliciously smelling up the room. There are chocolate chip cookies on the coffee table and a bottle of water at my side. We decided to watch a scary movie. To be honest, I should have known better. I'm a big old baby and scary movies give me nightmares. Anyway, we didn't just pick a scary movie... We picked what is supposed to be the scariest movie made thus far. Let me tell you, it was. I have to be honest and say that I did not finish the movie. I was horrified. I think I got about half way through it before I was literally reading my Bible app and almost in tears. (I'm telling you, I'm a baby. Seriously.) 

I don't want this blog to be about me being a baby. The point is that it wasn't God that scared me. It was the devil. This is where the spiritual battle thing comes in. Fear is not of God. God isn't there to scare us, he's actually the opposite. He fights away our fears and helps us overcome. I mean think about it, why would the devil try to scare people that are lost. He knows he already has them in his grasp so he's going to work on the Christians trying to pull them toward him. Giving in to fear is like giving satan the victory. God has already defeated satan. Satan is fighting a lost cause, really. We just have to have the strength to overcome our fears and push through the scary times or the painful times and remember that we have a King on our side, Jesus Christ. We really are descendants of a king (I NEW I was a princess!). Isn't that an amazing thought? It makes me feel like nothing the devil does can hurt me. God is my protector, my friend, my king, and my Heavenly Father. I mean really, with backup like that, what was I scared of in the first place?

It's pretty crazy to think that we have angels all around us fighting day and night for our souls. They help us pick the right things and keep us on the right track. I was thinking about this on Sunday... When I get to Heaven, I want to meet the angel that God gave me. All I know is, He must have given me a pretty strong one!

While I was almost in tears and frantically reading my Bible App, I found some scripture that REALLY gave me peace. In fact, that was what most of the scripture said. That alone was an amazing thing to me! I just happened to be on a chapter in my phone that had so much scripture about peace. Coincidence? I think not. I think that God knows what we need at the exact moment so he puts the right scripture in front of us. So before I end this little blog, I want you to have these things to think about in your scariest times. I hope they give you as much peace as they gave me.

"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:7

"Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you." Philippians 4:9

and my personal favorite....
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." Philippians 4:13

I hope those help, I know they really helped me. God knows what he's doing. Just trust him and bury yourself in the word of God. You'll be alright :) Have a wonderful day!