I am grateful for yet another beautiful day! 

Most of you don’t know me, but if you do…You know that my faith in the Trinity is firm and what I know of God’s will, I am firm and unwavering. That being said, there are times when our Holy Spirit has to remind me of what I know is true.

When I am dealing with people, I am not as firm. Tending to be like those “flailing inflatable, tube men. I have a desire to get along and be flexible. This is not always advantageous.

Take today, for instance. My husband had to go to the VA in Gaylord. It was a beautiful drive looking at the colors. Since my husband’s bypass heart surgery at the end of January, we have had difficulty with communication. He used to be able to decipher “Karen-eze” but since January- not so much. He wanted to cash some checks and he prefers East Jordan 4Front over Boyne City. We had talked about after his appointment coming back through East Jordan. When he talked about it, he asked me what I thought. My response was, “whatever you would like to do”. In my thought process, I was being flexible to whatever he wanted. When he failed to turn to go to East Jordan, I was confused. I thought that he had just decided not to cash his checks. Just before we got home, I asked him about it and he said that I made it sound like that wasn’t something I wanted to do. I was confused-he was confused. Oh my!

Almost immediately, our Spirit reminded me of Scripture that says, “Let what you say be simply ‘yes’ or ‘no’ anything more than this comes from evil” Mattew 5:37

Had I simply said, “yes” all confusion would have been gone. No frustration.

Satan likes it when we have miscommunication, confusion, fear or anything else that brings us down or draws us away from Christ. We always have to be on our guard. This may not seem like a big deal and that is what the devil wants us to think. He wants us to not think about the little things so that bit by bit, he will have the upperhand. 

How about you? Is there anything in your life that the devil is trying to slither into? Let us keep our ears open to hear our Advocate and Helper. 

Have a great week trusting our Lord! 🙂