Let's Have a Battle...

"The human race was saved from destruction today by a joint task force of warriors led by their commander Optimus Prime and assisted by the Power Rangers, Luke Skywalker, the Ninja Turtles, and several nameless green army men..."

Will's arm in a cast has forced Marci and I to alter our normal weekend plans. Our default weekend activities used to be centered around the pool we belong to, and my personal favorite, golf. Well, all that changed when I (ACCIDENTALLY) broke/dislocated Will's arm and it was placed in a cast. And speaking of that cast, it's big and red so I am reminded of what I did every time I look at him... So, this weekend, we spent the majority of our time indoors, but did venture out for Chuck E Cheese and Build a Bear Saturday (more guilty shopping). And followed by Church and lunch on Sunday.

So, what do you do to keep a four year old occupied and not bored all weekend? Easy, you have a battle. But not just any battle:

A full scale, non-conventional, all out free for all war, that will decide thefate of the entire human race and the galaxy for that matter!!!

In the past few weeks, Will has acquired a huge amount of toys. In fact, it's as if he's had some sort of mid-year Christmas type influx of everything from Transformers to little green army men. He usually played with his toys very selectively. What I mean is, he would play with only one group such as Transformers only, Power Rangers only, or Army Men only. Last week, however, I asked him, "Wanna' see how I used to play with my army guys when I was little?" That was the question that changed everything in his play habits, because I proceeded to show him how I would put all my toys together and then divide them into two forces of joint combat teams, then set them up, and fight it out to death, of course. I did however, leave out how I incorporated the use of firecrackers in my battles, but we'll save that for much, much later.

Isn't this a great snapshot of not only the warrior nature of our God, but also, the very fact that no matter how young you are, there is always a battle to be fought. But not just any battle... this battle is for our very soul and rages around us at all times with one common theme:

Good verses Evil

And, it's to the death. Although we cannot see this battle in real life, it's there and snapshots of it can be seen in news stories from war zones, public trials of murders, and every other evil thing not of God. The battle is real, dynamic, and deadly and I hope that I am not the first one to tell you that you are smack dab in the middle of it. The battle will end when we die or when Christ returns, but until that time, it's up to us to stay strong, courageous, and protect ourselves by putting on the full armor of God, DAILY.

Yesterday, Will and I had a battle of epic proportions in his room. He was the leader of the good guys, and his side was comprised of the green army men, the Autobot Transformers, four little dogs, two M1 Abrams, one Apache helicopter, Aslan from Narnia, the Power Rangers, and the Ninja Turtles. Obviously I got the shaft on this one because I was manned with the tan army men, four stormtroopers, Darth Vader and two planes. My objective was to take the good guy's castle, that was guarded by a dragon. Long story short, I lost, he won, and the world that is his room is restored because of the bravery of his warriors. But to come to think of it, isn't this how

the Book ends?