Catching Flak

[Ed Hurst]

It's predictable: As I get closer to this final mission adventure in my life, I'm catching flak. Some from those close enough to email and call me on the phone. That's okay; I expected that. It's healthy in a mystical covenant community that folks see things from their own sense of divine calling. We are not cookie cutter copies, and having to explain myself is not a hindrance.

But I'm also catching demonic flak, and that's a different thing altogether. Today there was a threat to my bicycle; I knew in my spirit it was not just a random event. And it wasn't so much the bicycle, but the warning that our Enemy is not happy with me.

I can tell you that WordPress is checking my posts on the old blog. It used to be really snappy, but now every post has a delay before it's published. Given the high speed connection I have in general, and how everything else about that blog is so very fast, a delay in publishing like that signals some kind of scripted AI searching of content. Longer posts take longer. I can't guess how it affects other folks on the same platform, but I know there's almost no other explanation for the change in my blog posting. And I can only guess what they are checking for.

Pray with me that I will be bold. It's part of the prayer for God to perform signs and wonders; we need to be bold in our witness.

[forrealone]

It's predictable: As I get closer to this final mission adventure in my life, I'm catching flak. Some from those close enough to email and call me on the phone. That's okay; I expected that. It's healthy in a mystical covenant community that folks see things from their own sense of divine calling. We are not cookie cutter copies, and having to explain myself is not a hindrance.

But I'm also catching demonic flak, and that's a different thing altogether. Today there was a threat to my bicycle; I knew in my spirit it was not just a random event. And it wasn't so much the bicycle, but the warning that our Enemy is not happy with me.

I can tell you that WordPress is checking my posts on the old blog. It used to be really snappy, but now every post has a delay before it's published. Given the high speed connection I have in general, and how everything else about that blog is so very fast, a delay in publishing like that signals some kind of scripted AI searching of content. Longer posts take longer. I can't guess how it affects other folks on the same platform, but I know there's almost no other explanation for the change in my blog posting. And I can only guess what they are checking for.

Pray with me that I will be bold. It's part of the prayer for God to perform signs and wonders; we need to be bold in our witness.

Satan and his minions, be they human or demonic, will be on all of us to do all that can be done to persuade, scare, torment  or whatever it takes to turn us away from the Truth.  Many will succumb, most unwittingly no doubt.  We who know the Truth must be willing to face it with His Armor and die willingly, if necessary, defending and living it.  Hard times are coming.  Only the Truth can carry us, strengthen us and protect us from succumbing.  And only our hearts can discern that Truth.  May we all yield to His Spirit, His Guidance and His Love as we prepare for these coming trying times.

You and all of my brothers and sisters in Christ are in my prayers.......

[jaybreak]

It's predictable: As I get closer to this final mission adventure in my life, I'm catching flak. Some from those close enough to email and call me on the phone. That's okay; I expected that. It's healthy in a mystical covenant community that folks see things from their own sense of divine calling. We are not cookie cutter copies, and having to explain myself is not a hindrance.

But I'm also catching demonic flak, and that's a different thing altogether. Today there was a threat to my bicycle; I knew in my spirit it was not just a random event. And it wasn't so much the bicycle, but the warning that our Enemy is not happy with me.

I can tell you that WordPress is checking my posts on the old blog. It used to be really snappy, but now every post has a delay before it's published. Given the high speed connection I have in general, and how everything else about that blog is so very fast, a delay in publishing like that signals some kind of scripted AI searching of content. Longer posts take longer. I can't guess how it affects other folks on the same platform, but I know there's almost no other explanation for the change in my blog posting. And I can only guess what they are checking for.

Pray with me that I will be bold. It's part of the prayer for God to perform signs and wonders; we need to be bold in our witness.

The "final mission" description sounds ominous, but maybe that's my imagination

Of course we will pray.

[Ed Hurst]

That "final mission" is simply a term I use to indicate I'm getting old and the mission is big and long.