War.

One night recently, about 10:00 pm, I was driving in my neighborhood to petsit for family friends.

In the open sky, at my favorite roundabout where God has spoken to me countless times, He gave me another shooting star.

A beautiful light in the black sky flew peacefully across the perfect canvas I was staring at.

I was speechless. It was just like the one He gave me Christmas morning when I was outside by myself at 3:00 am.

I MARVEL at His goodness. I tucked that moment into my heart pocket to treasure. I always think, “Why (me) Papa? Why are You so good to Me?”

Little did I know that within the next 24 hours I would be smack dab in the midst of spiritual warfare. I was blindsided. This time ‘the spiritual offender’ went straight for my throat.

I would really love to share details, but it’s very personal. It was so unbelievable that it actually felt surreal. However, I have grown so close to my Father that it was almost like having an out of body experience. I could clearly SEE the situation for what it was, and I did not engage myself as I would have in previous years. I KNEW I was protected and the battle was not mine.

I knew the moment that it started happening that MY shooting star was my Papa’s, “ I’ve got this kid, and you know what to do. We’ve trained for this. You see me and I see you. TRUST ME. Keep your eyes on Me and do not FEAR.”

Can you take that in for a moment?

The Creator of the universe broke through the natural to protect ME from my enemy. I didn’t have to do anything but be still and trust. The attack lasted a couple days. It was crazy to witness and crazy to be a part of.

I’ve been given a personal promise that I stand on. I was given it in a dream AND a vision. So walking in the wilderness until I experience the promise, my obedience is crucial. I get to the promise land by obeying no matter what the circumstance.

When God is your EVERYTHING He is all that you need to endure through the traps and attacks. Never be naive to the reality that your life isn’t spiritual. It is.

The last couple of months have consisted of God teaching me to wake up and realize that things happening are very real and very SPIRITUAL.

God speaks to me in my dreams and a couple of months ago a different voice spoke to me in my dream. I sat up abruptly (startled) and wrote it down realizing it was different, but not until days later would I realize it was Satan himself.

He used the words that he said to me to later try to cripple me with fear, but it didn’t work. It rattled me for about an hour and then I knew what was happening. He was attacking the very gift God gave me to hear Him. My dreams! Makes pretty good sense.

That attack DID however WAKE me up from my slumber. God ALLOWED it to make me realize that there is spiritual warfare all around us every single day. It was unbelievable. Like something you would only see in a movie. I still cannot believe it happened.

That incident still pretty fresh, coupled with the one recently, has me charged and fully aware of things happening that we can only see through eyes of faith.

If you want to WALK your journey in faith you cannot trust what you see with your natural eyes AND feel with your emotions and heart. You just stand FIRM in your faith. You WILL see things happening and feel things that are painful, but don’t follow them!

When we BELIEVE and live out our FAITH, the burden is light. We don’t go at it alone EVER.

God spoke to me through both of those experiences. Hindsight they were both pretty epic. My life is not boring that is for sure. It is much an adventure and Pilgrimage.

I hear my Father. We hear each other. He didn’t have to give me that shooting star. BUT He DID, because He is SO GOOD. His goodness is what has me. I am deeply overwhelmed that I get to walk with Him here on Earth, and I very much look forward to getting to walk with Him in Heaven.