Pig what?

So many of us have friends and family that we love. Some of us have friends and family that come to visit or that we go to visit. But what do they come with?

I received an email from a young woman that went to the other side of the country and visited family. She said, “I went against my better judgment and visited my family in _______ (who I am certain are secretly Satanists).”

What happened from the visit? “I feel like I’ve been gradually getting….fuzzier? Like all my senses have been dulled and I feel confused often in addition to feeling quite negative. Visiting them made it progressively worse.”

Yes, we will be seeing them soon. But what the heck?

Another friend contacted us to say when she goes to visit a good friend in another city, she gets really slimed with all kinds of negative stuff. She knows the friend’s ex is Satanic and does things to them.

Then yesterday a good friend of my sweethearts from church saw our oldest daughter at her work and asked if our daughter would call to see if she could come visit her, my sweetheart. My wife said yes. She came and stayed for about an hour, hugged my wife and then left. We did get a jar of apricot jam out of the event though.

Last night my middle daughter was holding her baby and got shoved by something and twisted her ankle quite bad. It really swelled up. One of her children had several meltdowns at a back to school night, something she hardly ever does.

This morning after my shower I was putting on my underwear and a squeegee went flying off the ledge in the shower. A minute later a razor when flying off the same ledge in the shower. I looked over my shoulder and almost said, “Is that all you got?” That is NOT a good thing to say. They love to be challenged and will take you up on it. I knew instinctively that this was a very powerful dark translated being. I have been abused enough by the dark side of things to appreciate the power they have to cause us problems and so not to egg this one on. I also knew it wasn’t happy about what I was wearing.

Side question: In what they call the restoration movement, many have been kicked out of or have left the LDS church. I have understood that many of those have quit wearing what was once considered sacred and a protection. I have always wondered why? Was not the covenant between them and God? Does not God honor His covenants? Was the covenant between them and a Church? Or men? Just wondering.

Back to business. I prayed and asked about the entity. Yes, it was a dark translated being. How did it get past our containment shielding and not be contained? My containment shield was not of a high enough frequency to keep it contained. “Dang,” I responded. How did it get on the property in the first place? It came with my wife’s friend. Once my wife invited her friend, she also invited all that came with her. It’s like they show in the movies about vampires. They can knock on your door, but they will just stand there unless you invite them in. Once invited, they have free reign to do with you what they want.

So what about family, friends, and even good church friends. I just asked and the woman’s heart is dark. My sighted friend confirmed that it is and said it’s because of the witch spirit that is in her. And this is a “nice” church woman, my wife and I really like her. She has had a hard life.

What does the Lord say about this? In 2 Timothy 3:1-5 we find some interesting ideas:

“This know also, that in the last days, perilous times shall come.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.”

Paul couldn’t have nailed it any better. How many of our friends, family, or church members do we find in this list? Please keep reading down to verse nine. Just today, a NFL quarterback endorsed “Bring a bible to school” day, quoting his favorite scripture and the political left of this country went nuts. He was called all kinds of names and such – despisers of those that are good. It couldn’t be any more plain.

So after we do these things, and hang around those that Paul was talking about will be in our day, will call and want to be cleared. That will happen, but what about next time and the next time? I read a quote from a farmer today, “If you roll around in pig shit, you’re going to get some on you.” Don’t you just love farmers and their wisdom? We should expect it to be so, we should count on it.

If the Lord Jesus Christ has told us to go into a situation where these kinds of people are around, then we must go. But we should do ALL we can to be shielded and prepared for the encounter, doing only His will. Oh, and it might be a good idea to ask what His will is before going or letting someone come over.

Oh, I forgot, Paul did have some advice for dealing with these people that I forgot to put down. Here is what he advised us to do at the end of verse five:

“…from such turn away.”