It’s fire season again, strange when you think about it…Fire now has a season. Hmmm!!! Our skies are filled with smoke and it created the most luminous glow last night, casting shadows on the trees turning them almost silver, the colors of our flowers appeared as though in a black light. The sky was an array of: orange, pink, blue, dark lavender, gray and blacks…I guess Satan can put on an art show of his own.
I’m setting here this morning, many different thoughts running about in my head…I wasn’t sure where God wanted to go with this, this morning I only knew what I was feeling…but I think I just got it!!!
Fire has always been synonymous with Satan and hell. Satan has watered it down so that some might believe hell is a party down there with a big beer truck waiting. Nothing could be farther from the truth but that’s not my message or expertise. However, compare the two; Satan was the most beautiful angel in heaven…his conceit and pride got in the way and ended in his fall from grace. Satan’s mission is to destroy everything he can that belongs to God. Everything!!!
Satan is claimed to be beautiful and yet he destroys; Fire also very beautiful yet it too destroys. As I was walking around my yard last night, making my husband run outside every other minute or two, to look at this!!! It was so breathtakingly beautiful that it was beyond stunning and I was in awe at the haunting beauty that was cast over my yard and neighborhood! But that beauty was actually a lie because within a 30 to 70 mile radius of my neighborhood with the beautiful glow are fires raging through forests, cities, homes, businesses, schools and churches leaving nothing in its wake but despair and destruction. Sort of like Satan. Hmmmm!!!
Satan starts small, a little lie here, a little lie there… “It’ll be fun”, “No one will find out”, “but it makes you feel so good”, “you’re hungry, you know you are”, “if you borrow just a little they won’t notice”… BUT … Satan never stays small and he had a plan all along. Destruction of YOU and your: health, marriage, finances, career and possibly your life.
In these days we are living in, fires seem to be everywhere and so is Satan. Downtowns are being destroyed for a cause no one remembers any more, just a reason to tear down. We need to be ready and we need to know the truth!!!
John 10:10 NIV “The thief comes only to kill, steal and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly.” The thief spoken of here is “Satan”… he is the greatest liar of all liars. He will steal your: joy, family, peace, self-esteem, hopes, dreams, your marriage if he can get into it…he’ll destroy it.
John 24:42-43 NCV “So always be ready, because you don’t know the day your Lord will come. Remember this: If the owner of the house knew what time of night a thief was coming, the owner would watch and not let the thief break in.”
I personally believe we are in the end times. I’m not preaching doom and gloom, that’s not my thing. I am just saying there’s a lot more going on in our world and the heavens then we can even imagine…again, we need to be ready!!!
Matthew 7:15-16 NCV “Be careful of false prophets. They come to you looking like gentle little sheep, but they are really dangerous like wolves. You will know these people by what they do.” You’ve met these people, so very nice at first. You’re enamored, the list of qualities are long but then a little time goes by, a bit of the facade slips away…We need to be smart and aware. Pick pockets are no longer just on the streets…not all people are what they appear to be.
John 10:27-28 NCV “My sheep (believers) listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never die.”
On the flip side of this Eyore read. There is the Lords army out there, fighting against the destruction and the lies. There are still very loving, kind and giving people, who care about our world and you. John 13:34-35 NCV “I give you a new command; Love each other. You must love each other as I have loved you. All people will know that you are my followers if you love each other.”
I’m sorry today’s read isn’t very sunny, that’s because it’s hidden behind the veil of smoke, but you know what?…It’s still there…make it a blessed day…keep your eyes open especially wide right now as you could be a blessing for someone today. Thank you for joining me. Be Safe…🥰
Sunshine On My Shoulder 