People don't need Christians to act like we always have it together. People need us to be real! What kind of healing would come if we all just got real before God and others?

Make no mistake: Satan’s specialty is psychological warfare. If he can turn us on God (“It’s not fair!”), or turn us on others (“It’s their fault!”), or turn us on ourselves (“I’m so stupid!”), we won’t turn on him. If we keep fighting within ourselves and losing our own inner battles, we’ll never have the strength to stand up and fight our true enemy.

Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ.

We long to find someone who has been where we've been, who shares our fragile places, who sees our sunsets with the same shades of blue. Soul mates. They somehow validate the depth of our experiences.

Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans.

I say this as a big sister in the faith hoping someone might learn an easier way. Arrogance does not bode well. It attracts the rod of God.

When Eve dropped her shield of faith, every other piece of her spiritual armor became vulnerable.