Comments on: 4o days kick-off… http://www.mikes3cents.com/uncategorized/4o-days-kick-off/ Description goes here Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ali http://www.mikes3cents.com/uncategorized/4o-days-kick-off/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Ali Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:09:55 +0000 http://www.mikes3cents.com/?p=214#comment-147 Gosh, is this ever true. I started my Lenten journey promptly on Ash Wednesday. And it is safe to say that last week was one of my most difficult as a mother. I was ugly. My kids were basket cases. Yet every morning I woke up turning to Scripture and prayer. And by the afternoon, satan was camped outside my front door, slipping in and out in a nasty attempt to kill and destroy my desire (and efforts) to grow closer to the Lord. I had never felt spiritual warfare as heavily as I did last week (and satan didn't like that my husband and I attended Forever Changed only a few days prior to Ash Wednesday; he didn't like that one bit at all). Gosh, is this ever true. I started my Lenten journey promptly on Ash Wednesday. And it is safe to say that last week was one of my most difficult as a mother. I was ugly. My kids were basket cases.

Yet every morning I woke up turning to Scripture and prayer. And by the afternoon, satan was camped outside my front door, slipping in and out in a nasty attempt to kill and destroy my desire (and efforts) to grow closer to the Lord.

I had never felt spiritual warfare as heavily as I did last week (and satan didn’t like that my husband and I attended Forever Changed only a few days prior to Ash Wednesday; he didn’t like that one bit at all).

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