UNDER ATTACK

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Under attack -AGAIN.

It started the other night.  There is something I dislike

and it was really getting to me.  Most of the time I can 

tolerate it, but that time it was almost more than I could

handle.

Then yesterday something kept me on edge all day.

I did not finish the day well.

Today it was continuing.  I just was not myself.

Then God woke me up to the fact - I am under 

the attack of the devil - AGAIN.

WELL, PRAISE GOD.

It is good to know what is going on.

What an encouragement.  Yes, encouragement.

The devil don't like the way my life is going.

Even Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil.

You know about his being tempted by the devil

in the wilderness for 40 days.  Then, when it was

over:

"When the devil had finished every temptation,

he left Him until an opportune time."

(Luke 4:13 NASB)  

Do you see that?  The devil left him until an

opportune time.  Just like you and me, Jesus

Christ was tempted time after time while he 

was here on earth - except, He did not fail.

God tells us through old brother James:

"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you

encounter various trials, knowing that the

testing of your faith produces endurance."

(James 1:2,3 NASB)   

Is it any wonder that time after time through

the Bible we see "To him who overcomes,..."

or he that "conquers". 

 Jesus, take my hand and

lets get going.

HANG IN THERE LIKE GARLIC

Perhaps I should start this way.

What looks like garlic,

smells like garlic

and taste like garlic -

but is not garlic? 

You know the answer, "Elephant garlic".

The smart people tell us that "Elephant garlic"

is not a garlic, but a leek. 

[I understand "leaks".  Nearly everything

I have "leaks".]

So for you folks who like to pretend to be 

smart I am talking about  "Alliumampeloprasum."

And what is the big deal about "Alliumampeloprasum",

Simple.

I try to be honest and accurate - not like a lot of 

our so called "scientist" who take the facts they

want and mix them into whatever theory they can

concoct, and call it science.  Except, of course,

when I make it obvious that I am joking or jesting.

So, to be exact, these photos are not true garlic,

but "Alliumampeloprasum".  But to us simple 

folks it taste like garlic - and that's good enough.

The "garlic" in the image above is in an area of the yard that

was an Elephant garlic bed a couple of years ago.  The bed was

taken out - but the garlic continues to come up anyway, even

with constant mowing over it.  Garlic hangs in there.

And the garlic above is in an area of the yard that was an 

Elephant garlic bed three or four years ago.  But the garlic still 

persists in coming up.  Garlic hangs in there.

In another area of the yard (Not pictured.) what you smart people

call "Spanish Roja" and we common folks call "ophioscorodon",

the garlic keeps coming  back even after being mowed over and

mowed over and mowed over.  Garlic hangs in there.

I love this photo because it is some straggly garlic plants that

I was trying to save, but did not have room to plant.  So I just

laid the plants down on a bare spot and put a little dirt on top

of them.  I did not even plant them, but they were happy and 

came up anyway.  What a lesson, garlic hangs in there.

What is the big deal about hanging in there?

About two thousand years ago God told us that this

period of time we are living in was coming.  He even

told us what people would be like today.  And, it is 

just like he spelled it out.

However, he told us a lot more.  Things that you do

not want to hear.  But they are going to happen anyway.

God told us that there would be a great turning away

from faith in God.  You see it happing right now.  He

also told us that a time is coming when there would be

a one world government or system.  And a one world 

religion. You can see the signs of that happening 

even now.

However, the man at the top of that government or 

system is not from God, but Satan himself.  And

anyone who gives their allegiance to that world 

system  and religion is bound for the Devil's 

eternal hell.

The point is,

get your faith rooted deep in God and his 

Son Jesus Christ.  Then hang in there like

garlic.