Time to grow.

The past two weeks have been rough on Amy and I. I don't feel like going into detail, but something has gone wrong in about every area of our lives. I'm one of those people that believes everything happens for a reason, and while bad things aren't God's will, He knows they're going to happen, so he works them into his plan.

Here's what I think God's trying to impress on me...
1. I can't be complacent in spiritual warfare anymore.

I feel like for my entire life, God has been shielding me spiritually, as He would a baby Christian. I've never felt the need to pray for anything except specific situations, and for general needs in my life.

Lately I think God has lifted his hand of grace in the area of spiritual warfare. It's not that He doesn't want to help me anymore, but rather he wants me to build myself up and pray before he will step in. God knows I have the knowledge to fight these battles, so now he's holding me accountable for it, and expects me to use it.

2. Something big is about to happen in my life.

I don't know what it is, but I can tell that something big is about to happen. I think the devil knows it too, so he's attacking from all directions.

I just have to keep praising God through these situations instead of dwelling on the things that have happened. I know that I'll not only be delivered, but I'll be strengthened too, and God will use this to His glory.

Just this morning I found a great scripture, Psalm 113. It seems to fit this situation perfectly, so that's what I'm going to hang on to. (On a sidenote... Is it just me, or does the Bible Gateway get uglier every time I look at it?)

Poland, Ohio = Gay

Yes, that's right, you heard me. The entire town of Poland, Ohio is homosexual.

Yesterday I got a $102 ticket there for turning left. Apparently there was a sign that I didn't see... I've never been at that intersection before.

I hate when small towns make stupid traffic laws just so they can take money from out-of-towners who don't know their inane rules. You know, like those middle-of-nowhere towns that put a 25 MPH zone right in the middle of a 55 MPH state route, then they give you a ticket for going 26 or higher.

Some day I will exact my revenge... When they least expect it. Eventually they'll need a web site that doesn't suck, and they'll have no choice but to come to us. Before we'll take their project, I'll make them pay a $500 Homosexual Surcharge. Bwahahaha! Vengeance will be mine!