Yes Virginia, There Really is a Villain

I found this picture the other day and realized that it pretty much sums up our daily lives. BEWARE! There is a villain that prowls about with one agenda, to do what he can, steal what he can, and ultimately wound you so deeply that you lose heart. When we loose heart, we become like this poor person bound to the track and waiting helplessly for a train to run over us. The tough thing about this life is, we have no physical signs that spell it out for us like this sign does. Because we don't see it, we choose to ignore it most of the time and brush it off with phrases like "Well, that's life!". But, the enemy is real and he's out to get you. Whether we want to admit it or not, we were all born into a world at war with a powerful enemy set against us.

When a problem comes up, most people use the ever popular Murphys Law as an excuse by saying "If anything can go wrong it will". I think Murphys Law should be called "The Enemy's Standard Operating Procedure". Of course things will go wrong when you have a powerful enemy that is set against you! It's not until we become more sensitive to the goings on around us and try to see them through the eyes of our hearts that we will realize what kind of tale we have fallen into. I struggle every day and have a long way to go but I know that with Jesus as my guide, the veil can be lifted.