"You are the light of the world..." Matt 5:14

This is our duty as Saints of the Most High. Yet, some days it is really hard to shine, isn't it? As soldiers in this spiritual battle, it is our mission to glorify the King of Kings with our lives. As tenants in the world, we fall prey to its seduction, dimming our light. It is for this reason that this blog was started. In the military, after action reports are used to review the activities of specific events. This retrospection forces analysis of these activities in light of the outcome. Likewise, willing soldiers of Christ are invited to briefly review their daily lives, and note where God is working, recognize where they have fallen short, and prepare for the next battle. The hope is to not only provide accountability for our daily actions, but to also recognize where God is working and the part he wants us to play in His mission.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Bring on the Reeses!

It was a Fast day today, when I skip breakfast and lunch in favor of a couple of nuts (to keep away nausea from meds) and V-8s, and focus on specific petitions and my love for God.  It was ALSO Muffin Monday, the first Monday of every month when I bring Costco muffins into the office.  By the end of the day the muffins were mostly gone except for about 2 and 1/2.  I gathered them up and put them in a bag to take home.  I sat it on my desk.  In front of me.  It smelled realllllly good.  Thankfully, I had made a cheat post-it on James 1.  "Temptation--->my lust"; short for "But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust."  James 1:14.  In the Greek interlinear, the word is desire.  Still, you get the idea.  As silly as it may sound, that "Temptation--->lust" staring at me on a flourescent green post it is just what I needed.  Isn't it silly?  I knew I was fasting, yet here I was drooling and thinking of finishing my fast early to dive into the muffins.  I had predetermined to keep my fast until I got home--but it wouldn't be that bad, would it?  The only thing keeping me from eating those muffins wasn't my will of steel, but my scribble of scripture on a post it.  So, does God view these silly little things as insignificant?  Luke 16:10 says “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much..."  Well!  Bring on the Reeses!

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