Greetings!

In my last blog post,  I spoke about the season that I have been going through…and I emphasize “going through,” because I feel that God is about to bring me out. He has promised us abundant life, and I am just crazy enough to believe Him.

The “seasons” in our lives are very similar to the seasons in the earth. There is a cycle to everything. Just as spring follows winter, we will have good days, and bad days. The thing is that we need to hold on to the good days. We tend to lean to the negative. I don’t know why…maybe it has something to do with our sinful nature, but we remember that thing that hurt us way faster than we do that thing that blessed us.

For me, this season has been like a boxing match. I have never been in an actual boxing match, but I imagine that it must feel a lot like this. Some days I am so strong, I feel like I could take on the world. Then, there are days when I feel like I would rather quit than keep on fighting. I feel so tired sometimes, but I know that the enemy wants to kill us…literally, and I’m determined that he will not get his way. The word says, "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy" (John 10:10). But, I love what it says next, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." He is the great "I AM," and what He says is all that matters.

The enemy is always warring against us. The Bible tells us that. We just have to know who wins the battle. We have to keep reminding ourselves that our “battle” is not with flesh and blood. Fighting one another just puts us at a disadvantage. God is pure…undefiled…uncompromising and all-encompassing love, and when we really get that—there is nothing the enemy can do to us. That’s abundant living.

Until next time…

Be blessed