Damn You, Satan

Jesus already won the war, but sometimes we lose some battles, and I think Satan won one tonight.

We're going through a book called Leading Little Ones To God that looks pretty good for teaching children the basics of the faith. I wanted something that was more comprehensive that went into good detail on the big picture of creation, the fall, sin, the promise, the fulfillment, salvation, etc.

Tonight was the night we were going to read a most important chapter about God sending his son Jesus into the world. And what do you know? This little problem. That little problem. Two kids are fighting about something. Another kid is grumpy (we have visitors, there's more than two kids :-)). Trinity lands funny and gets her back messed up.

A million little things all add up together and prevent going through the chapter tonight because the kids really do need to get to bed sometime, and it was already getting way too late.

That really irks me. Granted, its a good sign in one way. Satan doesn't mess with people that he's already got -- he messes with the ones that got away and have a new master. I don't really expect him to leave me alone. He didn't leave Jesus alone, so what hope do I have of that? None. I'll just trust that somehow God's going to pull some good even out of the madness tonight, because I have it on good authority that all things work for good for those who love God.

Grace and Peace