As Christians, we have this interesting way of talking about spiritual matters, as if they take place between the legions of good and evil in some mysteriously unseen and barely detectable world adjacent to our own. While I don’t have a particular problem with the idea of spiritual warfare, I feel like it can become an excuse. That it is enough to pray “God, protect Johny, surround him with Your love” and expect that somewhere unseen, angle ninjas have moved conveniently into action, that neither you nor Johny will probably ever know about.
It seems to me that if God wants His love, generosity, grace and peace to be present in the lives of the people around you, that the ideal spiritual being he would send to their aid is… you.
Yes, us, who have been given love in overflowing amounts, us to who beauty has been revealed, who have been taught by the flame of his word, us who have nothing to fear in evil. You, who have been strengthened by the many difficult roads your faith has led you on. I’m not talking about performing advanced evangelism and heroic acts of testimony sharing, I’m talking about the simple, unadulterated, organic, Love.
We are our Lords chess pieces, we are the cards in his deck, we are spiritual, and we are here, and we should act.
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