Thursday, March 12, 2015

Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:12 
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 forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

This has been an interesting week.   And after today, I'm feeling as if it has been a struggle against the spiritual forces of evil!  

I have been feeling as if the Lord is leading me to write a book about the RSD, his healing me and then my cancer.  Next week is the week I set aside to be away from home and to concentrate on writing.  

And then...this week happened.

1st, I found out that the cabin I'm staying at is not accessible in my car (daughter couldn't get in there last weekend in that car), because there's 1 1/2 ft of snow on the mountain!  And with the rain and warmer temp melting the snow, the road is going to degrade even more.

2nd, When DD arrived at the cabin, she found a leak in the kitchen.  This was kept at a minimum by keeping the water OFF and turning it ON for each and every use!  Fun, eh?  Cabin owner/ brother is working on that detail! 

3rd, My friends are coming in a vehicle that should make it up the mountain and will meet me and take me with them.  SO, getting there will be no problem!  YAY!  But then, someone pointed out, how can I stay after my friend leaves if my car is at the entrance to the neighborhood? They said, you'll have to leave with your friend!  Oh, NO! What to do!?   (I still haven't figured out that problem).   

4th, On her trip home, DD noticed a shimmy in the car at high speeds.  So, here I am, planning to take that car to a cabin which I can't access in that car and a leak at the cabin.   The thoughts are swirling about whether or not I should cancel but I really need to do this.  See my friends for one, and get writing for another.  

5th, On top of all that, I've purposely made a busy week for myself because if I'm not busy, I just can't seem to get myself moving to do anything.  And, I've been feeling so very groggy this week.  So much so that I am seeing double.  This isn't a new symptom but much worse this week than before.   I decided yesterday that maybe I'm depressed and I need to pursue this idea.    

6th, I found out that the car needs new tires and shouldn't really be driven like this and that they cant get tires till friday!  That is AFTER I need to leave!  

7th,  I was quite busy then, making lunch for a friend who was coming over, while figuring out how to get to my babysitting gig tonight.   

HOWEVER!!!  I had decided to ask several people to pray for me this morning since I was feeling that I might be depressed.   They all agreed to pray for me.   As I look back over my day I realize that after I asked for prayer several things happened...

1.  One of my praying friends offered their car so I could get to my babysitting job.  I didn't end up needing it but the offer was a blessing I wouldn't have had without asking for prayer which led to them knowing of my need for a car.
And then they offered to bring me dinner tomorrow night before small group since hubby is going to be on his way home from a business trip! 

2.   One of my praying friends invited me to lunch tomorrow.

3.  One praying friend called and encouraged me that maybe this is more a stress related symptom because of my impending writing.  Or, maybe I'm still not fully recovered from the surgery and radiation.  While we talked, I was able to share with her what happened at lunch and we were BOTH encouraged by that.

4.  I talked to my pastor who was also dad of my babysitting gig tonight.  We rescheduled ( a blessing in more ways than one) and he prayed for me.  Encouraged me.  

5.  We realized that since I can't get our larger car to the cabin, there's no reason I can't take our smaller car! It can just as easily sit out by the entrance! AND, I'll not be tempted to try to get the car up to the cabin if I have the little one with me! 

6.   I noticed that the grogginess had left soon after I asked for prayer!  And I was able to deal with all the other goings on without freaking out which is more my norm! I did need a rest this afternoon, but that I think was a much needed rest not laziness or depression! 

7.  To top it all off, God used my Hindu friend to encourage me that writing this book is important!  She loved hearing about my healing (last summer) and then was interested in hearing about what went on with my bout with cancer.   She said she told her children about me hearing from the Lord that he was going to heal me and my subsequent healing.  She said she wanted them to hear bout someone seeing their "higher power" work in their life, because there are so many people turning their backs on their higher power.    We may have different higher powers but our faith is very important to both of us.   We also talked about my writing this book.  She said that I needed to write this because my story gives people HOPE!  

And that is what I needed to hear today!  She didn't stop there, she also sent me flowers for having her for lunch!  She has no idea the blessing/encouragement she was to me today!  

7.  I'm also not freaking out about figuring out how to get back out of the mountain if I stay when my friends leave.  
Oh I've come up with some doozy ideas of how to get out.  Including backpacking my stuff back and forth (you wouldn't want to do that either if you saw the hill up to the cabin about 2 miles into the neighborhood!) Or maybe this will work...I could get a sled to sled my stuff out!  Or, maybe I could rent a snowmobile!  Or an SUV.  OR,  well, you get the idea! I'm still looking for a way to stay!  Or, maybe I need to find another place to write.  I have some other more practical ideas and if the Lord wills, I will find a way to stay or another place to work.    

But all in all, I think that "the powers of this dark world and the spiritual forces of evil were silenced through the prayers of my friends.   At least for today.   I've accomplished so much (more than I've even mentioned) in this day which started out with me feeling depressed and unable to motivate myself to get things done.  

I serve a great and wonderful God who cares about even these little details!  

P.S.  I would covet any and all prayers
a.  to hedge me in with God's protection against those forces of evil while I write my book. 
b.  that I will lean on Him for the words I need to convey the truths that will bring Glory to my God.  Which in the end is the reason I feel led to write!  To God be the Glory!  
c. Oh, and pray that the leak can be fixed easily (soon) and without great cost to my bro, the owner of the cabin.  
d. oh, and maybe you could throw in a prayer that I find a way to stay at the cabin!  





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