WARNING!! (please take it seriously)

All the girls plus Donna!!

WARNING: This content reveals a lot more than previous posts. Things in this post are both indepth about the topic Spiritual Warfare, and I am being very real with you about myself. 

Last Saturday I went swimming for about an hour, and by the end of the day had so much water in my left ear it got plugged in. Dunno how, just did. That night, I expected it to drain, but the next morning I woke up deaf in that ear. Last Sunday, along with my deaf ear, I woke up feeling like crap. Monday, I woke up and my neck was so sore I could hardly move it because the pain was just a huge shock every time I did move it.

Sunday until Wednesday we had classes because that is when it lined up with our speaker's schedule.

This week we had Peter Warren talking about Spiritual Warfare. Right from the start (and repeating it throughout the rest of the class) he made it clear to us that he believed it's not the most important topic, but for missionaries it's huge. Right there I'm going to say that I disagree. It's important for all people to understand it at some point in their lives. It can explain so much of what is happening. I've had experiences myself from a young age (from what I hear) and the worst of it happened only last year. What was I doing last year? Oh my gosh, well I feel like anything that was on the enemy's side had no reason to be attacking me. At that point (and sometimes still struggling, cuz being honest, who doesn't have their own issues?) I was definitely not doing as God had asked. I put on that nice front Sunday mornings, but was completely a different person anywhere else. Sad to admit, but it's the truth. So why, if I was already going down that wrong path, would they (being anything evil) try to attack me? I wasn't going to Haiti, I wasn't doing anything where they could be intimidated by my actions where they would feel the need to threaten me into not going back to the light. Still confused by it. But that's why I think that it does need to be brought to everyone's attention, and not just people who are going into anything to do with missions. 

I really have an issue with the idea that some churches want to make it this nice dandy thing. I don't think that hell or Spiritual Warfare should be discussed every Sunday or anything, but these things exist and they should be brought up sometimes. It's a reality, and if people don't want to hear it, I wonder what's going on in their lives that makes them ignore it. Not judging, I'm just a curious person. 

Anyways, we discussed Satan's characteristics, some strategies and other things. He really doesn't fear people, because what does he have to fear? As long as we walk with the understanding of all of this and have Jesus always involved crazy things will happen. In the bible it says he was a cherub (which is an angelic being) - Ezekiel 28:14, he was very beautiful (which is crazy because one time I saw him in a dream. I wont expand much on that but the clothes that he was wearing shaped his body. And I could see all the muscles on his upper body defined so well. And (I don't want to sound creepy or anything cuz that's not how it's meant) if he were to have removed his shirt he really would be stunning, so by the fact that this was brought up was interesting to me) - Ezekiel 28:12, but he became corrupt - Ezekiel 28:16-18, and he wanted to be God - Isaiah 14:14. He uses the truth with us and ads in lies. That is how to become spectacular liar (not that I'm working on this or anything), but he tells us the truth, what we know as the truth and puts in those timbits of lies so we continually can fall for it. He makes his side sound so much more attractive than God's. He just highlights the fun sounding things though, for instance drinking. Most people get excited on their 18th (for Alberta) cuz you can legally drink. It's been advertised as fun, and something cool to do. What isn't said is that this can become a problem, something to fall back on when you're lonely or hurting. Some people become violent and you can black out. People think they are still okay to drive and sometimes end up killing others on their way home. So yes, the first layer may look like fun, but like even people, the further down you go the messier and twisted it gets. 

We say the devil is this incredible powerful being that can make people do things. But, like prideful people, he feeds off of us. Anytime we do anything that he likes, it's like it gives him more energy. That what he is doing is worth it. He's being blinded by his greed and it makes him completely convinced he'll beat Eloheem in their battle. 

At another point this last week we discussed God's power. It was said to us that He is infinite, but He does limit Himself. He is able to let us make our own decisions, which is limiting Himself. Instead of forcing us to do His will He will let us do anything we want, not matter how much it hurts Him, and if we decide to come back He will love us as if we never left. 

When I woke up Wednesday I was feeling significantly better, and by the time I was finished lunch, I was feeling great. When I woke up Wednesday, it hardly hurt to move my head. Wednesday night we had a talent show (which was absolutely hilarious), and near the end, my ear popped and I could hear everything perfectly. Wednesday night, during the talent show, is when Peter was flying home. I'm not saying this guy is evil or anything. Definitely the opposite. He was speaking on something I so badly wanted to know more about, and the devil knew this was something I was really keen on. He knew I would be a sponge during this time and he wanted to make it as miserable for me as possible. I completely believe that I was being attacked during the last week. 

There is so much more that I learned about, but this post would be probably 3x longer, as I only talked about the first day. If you're curious of what else I learned, message me, or comment. Or Skype. I have that too. Now, maybe I'll go get a sandwich. Or take pictures. Or maybe just go to the beach. Cuz the beach is always fun.