Yes, we had about a pint of milk spilled on the kitchen floor (the child whose clumsiness was responsible has asked not to be identified publicly, and I'll respect that). And we had a great deal of anger and frustration that resulted. And we had the other child feeling upset because their attempts at comfort were not accepted. But it also led to conversations with both children about their true enemy.

They are not each other's enemies. Yet they do have an enemy of their souls who would love nothing more than to destroy their relationship with each other. An enemy who would love them to learn to treat each other and their parents with utter disrespect. An enemy who is working to undermine everything their father and I are building into their lives. And he is my enemy as well - and I am determined to fight against everything he is trying to do in my family.

I don't often look for the spiritual battle that I know is raging in the world around me because I don't want to get distracted from following what God wants to accomplish in and through me. But maybe sometimes I'm a little late in recognizing spiritual sources for disruptions in my family, attributing them to sleep deprivation or the wrong food consumption. But with all that I've seen going on lately in our church, and my husband having sudden weird breathing problems last night., it seems there's more going on right now.

So I'm praying desperately for God to give me wisdom to help my children battle their true enemy, for me to keep walking in faith and the truth, and for Jesus to soften their hearts.

Please join me in praying for my husband's lungs and for our friend who broke his back on Monday. I learned yesterday that he has 4 broken vertebrae in addition to the one that is crushed. He has surgery this afternoon - pray that it goes well!