Earlier this month I had my monthly meeting with my Pinky Promise sisters to
have a discussion and Bible study on prayer. It was such a good time in Christ
as we shared from the heart and prayed and interceded for one another. The
devil was maaaaad, lol. Immediately after the meeting, one of the cars which
had 3 of the sisters in it came so close to being in a car accident while
another car (which I was in with 3 other sisters) DID get into a car accident. We
were sitting at a red light for at least 30 seconds and here comes a vehicle
from behind, hitting us in the back. From what I can remember there was no
screeching of brakes so I'm led to believe that he just never stopped. I had
never in my life been involved in a car accident. It was such a scary
feeling. Here we were one minute, laughing and talking with one another and
then in a split second being thrown forward from the crash.
We
immediately knew it was the attack of the enemy. It was no coincidence that
one car going in a different direction almost got in an accident and the other
car that I was in was involved in an accident. It was also eerie that the man
who hit us was smiling. There are a few scattered thoughts that I had while
thinking of this:
1.
As Christians we need to recognize that we are under a spiritual attack. While
we were in the world not following Christ, the devil wasn't worried about little
'ole us because we are doing what he wanted us to do. Now that you follow
Christ, you pray for people, you're breaking strongholds, you're witnessing to
people and writing about God's love, you're becoming kind of a nuisance to him.
You're making him mad. So he'll do whatever he needs to do to get you out of
the equation. Whether it's distracting you with drama from friends or family,
getting attacked by people that don't know God or even that FINE unsaved man
with the most scrumptious muscles that make you want to say "JESUS", or just paling KILLING you. One way or the other, he wants to get rid of you.
Just because we are unwilling to acknowledge that we are in a spiritual battle
and the devil is after us full force, does not change the fact that we are
in a battle. We need to suit up and get ready to fight. We don't fight through
the flesh but through the spirit. We need to to stay prayed up, Worded up and
fellowshipped up at all time. Jesus already won the war for us on the cross, so
we know that we will in the end, but we still need to fight the battles.
2
days after the accident the founder of the Pinky Promise organization, Heather
Lindsey, blogged about a dream that she had regarding spiritual attacks. She
had no idea what had happened to us in MA (she's based out of ATL) yet was
writing about the same thing that was happening here. There is no doubt in my
mind that God is trying to speak here. Read her blog called "My Dream Last
Night: A visitation by the enemy himself" here: www.heatherllindsey.blogspot.com
2.
It's so important to take our walk with God seriously every moment in the day.
We always say how life can be gone in the split of a second and for the first
time in my life I experienced that split second. As I said before, one second I
was laughing and the next second my body was being plunged forward (we all had
our seat belts on by the way). It could have been, we were laughing one second
and dead the next. What is your relationship with Christ? Do you know Him as
your personal Lord and Savior? Do you walk with Him daily? Are you a born again
Christian? If you do have a relationship with Christ, are you dying to yourself
daily? Are you doing a self check? Mind check? Attitude check? Bed check? (If
you are single you should not be in a bed with anyone who is not your husband.
Period. If you are married, same thing.) Do people see Christ when they see you
or do they see that world? Can people tell by your actions that you are
different or do you look like everyone else? It's time to do some self
inspection and for us to repent. I had to do that myself that night.
3.
Despite the accident and all the pain I’ve been in a lot of people have
commented on how high my spirit is and how happy I’ve been. I see no reason to
feel low. I mean, yes I can’t go to work, yes I’m in pain, yes I’m prevented
from doing a lot of things that I’m able to do on a day to day basis and I
could be miserable. But why? I’m alive. I have great friends and family
checking in on me, I have a job that gives me paid sick days (hallelujah!). Why
be sad when I can look at all the positives in my life? I would hope that as I
go through trials and tribulations in life that I will be known as the one who
is still in good spirits
If you are a woman (single
or married) and are interested in joining the Pinky Promise Group in MA we
would love to have you. We have over 30 women of God on this journey with us
and it's been such a blessing in my life. Send an email to
MAPinkyPromise@gmail.com for more information and to join. If you are a
man looking to fellowship with other men of God that are serious about walking
on purpose with God, Heather's husband Cornelius Lindsey runs a male version of
Pinky Promise called The Oath. I don't have much information on this (because
I'm not a man, lol) but you can google The Oath or Cornelius and you'll be able
to find information that way.
My first night out with a few of my Pinky Promise sisters a few weeks after the car accident.
xo
Tasha
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