Tell truth, and shame the devil. – Jonathan Swift
It was a precaution. Extra security for the website. With the increase in hostility toward Christianity, extra measures were taken to make our organization more secure.
Tell that to my insecurity.
A brief surge of self-preservation and lack of faith posed the question within, "Are you sure it’s actually worth it?"
A flood of worst-case scenarios raged through my mind. After all, what would the world really lose if one blogger, just like every other blogger out there, shut down her computer in the best interests of protecting her family?
Lies, all of it. Shutting down a computer could be harmless. Could be. But not here.
Here, this is where I write. And in a battle fought not with swords and spears, but with words and messages, the world needs our message. It needs God’s message. When the enemy rages, firing lies and insecurities, and doubts; every voice of hope, truth, and love in the name of Christ is a blow to Satan’s forces.
Could be a public blog, a card, a text. Just pick up your sword and Write.
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. Ephesians 4:15-16
It was a precaution. Extra security for the website. With the increase in hostility toward Christianity, extra measures were taken to make our organization more secure.
Tell that to my insecurity.
A brief surge of self-preservation and lack of faith posed the question within, "Are you sure it’s actually worth it?"
A flood of worst-case scenarios raged through my mind. After all, what would the world really lose if one blogger, just like every other blogger out there, shut down her computer in the best interests of protecting her family?
Lies, all of it. Shutting down a computer could be harmless. Could be. But not here.
Here, this is where I write. And in a battle fought not with swords and spears, but with words and messages, the world needs our message. It needs God’s message. When the enemy rages, firing lies and insecurities, and doubts; every voice of hope, truth, and love in the name of Christ is a blow to Satan’s forces.
Could be a public blog, a card, a text. Just pick up your sword and Write.
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. Ephesians 4:15-16
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I LOVE the metaphor of writing as a weapon. Stand firm in the truth, and write the hope!
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Good reminder that words are powerful, and that good words are needed, whether in a public forum or a private text.
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