Stand Your Ground and Fight

My phone rang at 9:15 last night. I said,"Hello", and heard the voice of my friend Randy say, "Do you know about Shannon?". "Yeah." I replied, "I just got the email from Steve a couple minutes ago." He said, "I know it's short notice, but we're meeting at the Church in fifteen minutes and then we are headed out there for the fight." Without hestitation I told him, "I'll be there". I kissed Marci and Will goodbye and out the door I went.

With every block I passed, the more pumped up I got. By the time I got to Church, I was ready to take on anybody that dared get in my way. By 9:30 all had arrived. There was Randy, David, Steve, Derek, Andy, and myself and from what I could tell, all of them were as fired up as I. We jumped in our vehicles and off we went to fight.

It took us about ten minutes to get there and when we did, we made it known that we didn't come just to talk or taunt, but we were there for one purpose and one reason only: We were there to fight to the death and take back what had been stolen from our brother Shannon.

Shannon opened the door and ushered us into his living room. We drew our swords and began fighting. Blood flew, wounds where received, and the power of God was released. You see, this was not a fight against flesh and blood but against the powers of evil. As I've written in the past, there are ten men in my warrior culture that I count on to watch my back and I his, and one of them is Shannon. That's why we came, to do battle for and with each other against the enemies of Shannon's family that are assaulting them.

We fought on our knees with our swords of the Spirit, crying out to God for protection and healing of Shannon's 9 day old daughter Laney. You see, yesterday at 5pm, Shannon and his wife received news from their baby's Doctor that tests came back that indicate that Laney has a very rare disorder that is fatal. Yes, I said FATAL! They were directed to take the baby to a specialist at the UK Med Center today for further testing to verify it, and also to learn about their options. As you can imagine, this family is devastated by the news and needs warriors to come along side them and fight for them and stand their ground. So, that's what we did until late last night. In Shannons living room were six brothers in Christ, crying out to God for another warrior and his family. That is what "Church" is! It's not about Sunday and Wednesday feel good messages. It is about fighting for those you love in this epic battle known as life that we have all fallen into.