Friday, July 16, 2010

¿Donde estas mis pantalones?

"Jesus wants us to spread nice words, not mean words. We should spread nice words just like Tommy Boy!"
I question whether or not these parents monitor their kids' movie watching..

There's one particular kid that comes to camp week after week, year after year. Needless to say, we all know her fairly well. She's a bossy little brat, but somehow she manages to grow on you. This week she was not quite herself, and several people noticed it. One morning on the bus, another counselor noticed writing on her hand, so she reached out to look at it with no other intention than to engage the quieter than normal child in conversation. What she found was the number 6, drawn on the palm of her hand, the tip of her pointer finger, and the tip of her thumb. I won't lie, it was enough to freak us all out. Later, she told the counselor it was just because it was her favorite number, but it was still strange.

I do believe 100% in the spirit realm and spiritual warfare. I believe that if we could see the battles that occur on our behalf, we would be scared out of our senses. I think John Piper summed up the general belief of America best by saying this.. "Very few people think that we are in a war that is greater than World War II, or than any imaginable nuclear war. Few reckon that Satan is a much worse enemy than any earthly foe, or realize that the conflict is not restricted to any one global theater, but is in every town and city in the world. Who considers that the casualties of this war do not merely lose an arm or an eye or an earthly life, but lose everything, even their own souls, and enter a hell of everlasting torment?" Furthermore, I believe in possession (not that I think this 10 year old was). I don't really know how it manifests itself, but according to scripture, those possessed can do crazy, super-human things. I don't necessarily know that I've ever seen such. I feel that there is another more subtle type that is much more common. More of a 'demonic persuasion' if you will. I think we see this more than we would guess. It's definitely not something to play with.

I leave you with this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNSn9EOTJ10