GCR Women

Thursday, we spent an hour or so on our back porch enjoying a soft cool breeze as we watered the backyard. Just taking it easy. Next week, John is scheduled to have back surgery and I’m pretty sure that’s going to keep us busy for several weeks to come.  So for now, we sit and enjoy the beautiful spring afternoon and each other’s company. God has woven our lives together over the years till we can hardly remember a time when we didn’t know each other. Our thoughts, our preferences - they’ve blended together to make one new person. Now the desires and needs of the one can be anticipated nearly perfectly by the other. A look, a comment and we know what each other is thinking and likely to say. We’ve shared so many adventures together, too, that have created beautiful common memories. These pass between us often without a word. We tell each other the same old stories over and over to the point that we can add missed details or just tell the whole story as if it were our own. ...

Our daily life has changed into a surreal existence of waiting. In the waiting, we have a choice. Where do we stand? It’s hard to know where to stand when we don’t know who the enemy is. Are we fighting a virus? Uncertain financial times?  Fear?  Isolation?  Who is our enemy? The battle lines are drawn on many fronts but it’s clear to me who the real enemy is. Ephesians 6 reveals their true identity: “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6:12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ These are not enemies we can fight on our own. But we know the One who can fight them and be victorious:  God!  So if we can’t fight, what should we do? “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6:13‬ ‭NKJV So here are your order...