When people say they’ll ‘deal with it’ when the time comes, they usually mean – – –
— I don’t want to deal with it now.
— I don’t want to talk about it now.
— I can handle it, then.
— I don’t have answers for ‘it’.
— I have enough to deal with now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the trademarks of a marine is
so well-trained, to be confident to handle whatever happens, whenever it comes.
I have the highest respect and appreciation for marines and all military dedicated to defend America, for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The title above comes from the uncertain days we’re living in.
The increased universal anxiety means we don’t know how to deal with what’s ahead—don’t even know how to talk about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And, there seems to be a void, a famine of advice, of leadership now.
Everybody’s ‘talking’, and spiritual counsel to trust God is always the bottom line, but nobody’s able to tell us what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unprecedented times call for unparalleled strength and courage.
When the time comes, and it is here, will we “fight the good fight” or turn away ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The average American, the average American Christian has grown accustomed to comfortable.
It is foreign to “endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Preparation does not happen overnight—“I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boot camp takes a certain amount of time.
Do we have that much time to get ready for the fight ?
Do we have the time or willingness to sign up for spiritual boot camp, now ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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