Angels

I was just now wasting time when I should be going to bed and I noticed that someone I know on Facebook listed Wiccan under religion. Adam and I were just talking about the Wiccan religion recently so since it was linked to a page, I looked at the page. I just like to learn about things. There was a discussion page and I briefly started reading some of the discussions and I was so struck by how lost and deceived these men and women are. For example, one girl was writing about how she can sense spirits but she wants to know how she can communicate with them. Lots of people were giving her advice and then she said something like "my gift scares me but I know I shouldn't be afraid" and I wanted to say, "YES you should be afraid- get away from that!". It reminded me of yesterday in the children's church class I was teaching. We finish up the time with me reading to them from a missionary story while they color or just listen. We're reading The Word Came With Power about Joanne Sheffield and the Balangaos people. Anyways, the part we were at was talking about how the people were just controlled by these spirits who demanded all these sacrifices from them. One kid asked me if that was just made up and I had to tell him, No, there are spirits, and if you are looking for them, you can find them but we need to keep our eyes on Jesus. I wanted to tell him to not even think about it but really, I think it's important to not discount the power that Satan has in our world. For example, in this book, someone's child was dying and a medium came and a spirit spoke through her to say that the spirits were angry because the parents hadn't sacrificed enough. So the parents sacrificed all their pigs and the child immediately got better. Joanne Sheffield was saying how she suddenly realized how the spirits do have power. We can only have hope because we know that our Jesus has ultimately overcome the spirits.

This is kind of rambling I know. I think heaven and the world of angels and heavenly powers has just seemed much more tangible to me lately. I don't want to assume because I have not personally spoken to or looked face to face at an angel that they are just not here. There is a constant spiritual war going on I believe. I'm praying in particular for this one girl I was reading about on that Wiccan site- I'm praying God surrounds her with people who will speak truth into her heart. Oddly enough, she happens to live in a place I'm familiar with- I'm just not sure how to connect that- but I know that God can save her.

And it makes me think that I need to stay so close to Jesus- I never want there to be an opening in my heart to allow Satan to work through me. Isn't it great to know that He has overcome- that in the end, Satan will be cast into the lake of fire? In Sunday School yesterday, we were briefly talking about how the Lord will return in blazing fire and the whole world will see His glory. The thought of that takes my breath away- I think about all the relatively silly things I get hurt by or upset about- I can imagine myself whining about something and then suddenly, the sky will open up and Jesus will appear with all of the angels of heaven. I really pray that when He returns I WON'T be whining! That maybe I'll be doing something useful for Him.

Ok, well, enough of this. This is why I shouldn't look at Facebook when I really want to be going to bed :)