This has been a rough week...and it's only Wednesday. I am confronted with secrecy vs. openness, lies vs. truth, pride vs. humility, deception vs. transparency~and when I thought that might be all, the wicked one chose yesterday to stand before God as my accuser (Rev.12:10). It was after a friend prayed for me this morning that I understood the desperation of the previous day as spiritual warfare. As I pursue truth and transparency and relationship with my husby and children, I need to be prepared for the battle, knowing that satan would love nothing more than to see us defeated and useless. But what opportunity!!! I am reminded of something our friend, Phil Downer, told me: Performance-based faith causes children to crash spiritually. Our failures, weaknesses, and problems are opportunities to be honest and transparent with our children, to build relationship and accountibility, and to live out the story of redemption. It's good for them to see us on our face before God, crying out for forgiveness, being humbled in our humanness. So today, God has poured out His tender peace, and I am thankful.
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