Are You SANE?

I knew I was in trouble today, because by 9:13 am in I was calling a very busy home schooling mother of 6 small children to ask “ARE YOU SANE?” and hoping she would answer yes, because I was not. But guess what? She was not home. What was I to do? I stopped, took a deep
breath, put pen to paper, prayed, thanked my Heavenly Father for the insanity (in all things give thanks) and then started to write.
I wonder if He does let the crazy and out of control times come into my
life, so that I realize I am not god and that He is.
For the past few weeks situations and problems have been coming at me
like paintballs.( see how my teenage son has influenced me?) They don’t hurt when they miss you but when they hit, Oweee! All around me, I see the splats from the misses and I have some of the spray on me from the near misses. I know some should have been direct hits, but my “Shield of Protection” must have been in place, and I didn’t even know it.
Today at this moment in time my Sword of the Spirit is my pen and God is wielding it. When I sat down to write I thought this was going in one direction, but the Lord is taking it in another. He is reminding me that everyday I am in a battle, whether I realize it or not. What a powerful image, He has brought to my heart and mind, I live everyday on a battlefield.
It has become so familiar that I have forgotten, this is not my home. I have been here so long that I have tried to decorate it and put in flowers and make it pretty, but when I realized my salvation and began to follow Jesus, He gave me a new home. All the work that I do on my own is for nothing; it is just trampled flowers on a battlefield. His work is what counts. He is the One who dresses me for the battle. He is the One who trains me, and He is the Only Commander-in-Chief that I know of, who is on the battlefield with me, leading, guiding, healing & comforting.
So today I will put on the Full Armor of God & follow the Only One
who is truly Sane!