Terumi posted: " Maybe your kids will have a sports game at Ballard High School from Seattle one day too or maybe you just need an excuse to visit Bainbridge Island. It's so incredibly close to Seattle-only a 30 minute ferry ride and it even has a bridge that attaches it" An Emerald City Life
Maybe your kids will have a sports game at Ballard High School from Seattle one day too or maybe you just need an excuse to visit Bainbridge Island. It's so incredibly close to Seattle-only a 30 minute ferry ride and it even has a bridge that attaches it to the mainland so you're […]
Writing & Photography by David K. Carpenter posted: " I have to admit that I'm a fan of Star Trek and most of its children and grandchildren. One consistent thing across all variants of the show is that as soon as any sort of bad guy started attacking the Enterprise (or other starship), the first thing Capt" Master's Canvas - Writing & Photography by David K. Carpenter
I have to admit that I'm a fan of Star Trek and most of its children and grandchildren. One consistent thing across all variants of the show is that as soon as any sort of bad guy started attacking the Enterprise (or other starship), the first thing Captain Kirk (or other captain) would do is order, "Raise shields." One thing I always wondered, though, is why they would wait until they were under attack before they'd raise their shields. I mean, if I were flying through space that could be inhabited by Romulans or Klingons (when they're bad) or the Borg, I think I'd raise my shields before I did anything else, not wait until someone was trying to blow me out of the sky.
This made me think of the following admonition from Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ:
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Since we never know when flaming arrows from the evil one will be flying towards us, why would we ever go anywhere or do anything without raising our shields? There's a lot more I could say here about the defensive tools Paul mentions or the single offensive weapon he refers to (sword of the Spirit), but instead, I thought it would be better to suggest that you think and pray through what these things mean to you.
Also, remember how I had mentioned in a previous post that I learned from my pastor to start each day, before I even get out of bed, with a simple prayer: "Holy Spirit, come"?
With these things in mind, I have one further suggestion. Why don't we try amending that simple morning prayer like this: "Holy Spirit, come. Raise shields!"
