Spiritual Warfare - "Satan is a jerk"

I experienced an interesting thing last week.  With all the excitement in my mind and heart for this blog and my Facebook page, I have been telling anyone who will listen what my plan is in regards to bringing about more awareness of mental health issues.

Friday evening, I was tired but my mind would not shut off, which is a constant battle for me. I read a feel good book. I watched tv and then I just sat in the quiet. At first, I was just frustrated. "I want to sleep. I need to sleep. The kids will be up sooner than later." And then, I realized what was going on and I prayed. I prayed for the Lord to give me peace. I prayed for the Lord to guide me through this journey and that He would be honored with my decisions and actions. I prayed that Satan would not be able to have ANY control over my emotions and would realize this mission is based on sharing God's love and perfect purpose for each of us. In the end that prayer helped me to finally able to fall asleep and sleep deeply.

I texted with a friend the following day about my experience the night before and she summed it up perfectly by saying "Satan is a jerk!"

I sure don't want this jerk to think he can have any hold on to my emotions and projects, which will only honor the Lords glory and not his. 

As I continue on this path to share my story in hopes to bring about discussion about mental illness, I would kindly as for your prayers. Prayers that everything I do and say is in honor of The Lord and not of my own selfish desires. Also, Prayers for people & organizations I could possibly become partners with to continue the message on a bigger scale. And finally, to pray that I continue to stay close to the Word so I know its truth and not allowing Satan to wiggle in at all.

And finally, prayers for my mental health that continues to be stable and my known coping skills will continue to work for me. Not a great thing for my mental health for me to finish a blog post at 11:30pm when I'm probably going to miss my 8 hour time frame to sleep. Oooops! Every so often is okay but I know I can't make it a habit. This girl here LOVES a long nights and still a good nap in the afternoon (note: both of those never happen but Kevin is gracious and let's me sleep in on the weekends.)

All in all, as I stay closer to The Lord, I feel peaceful knowing this is all part of the plan laid ahead for me and He will guide me every.single.step of the way. When I decide I don't need God, very quickly I realize that indeed I do!

Just remember: Satan is a jerk!!! Give him NO POWER of your life.