…I HAVE NO alternative but to bluntly call it a war…

The prize is the inner spirit of my children, and the stakes are high.  Arrayed against me are those who wish to extract money, loyalty, and the strong creative energy my son or daughter may have to give.  In the eternal dimension, the prize is the soul of my children.  I am not prepared to compromise or negotiate.  Until my children are old and wise enough to distinguish their enemies from their friends, I hold the responsibility to conduct both a defense and an offense on their behalf, demonstrating all the time how and why it is done for their benefit.

It is not a phony war the effective father faces.  It is often a jungle conflict fought with the stealth of a modern day “guerrilla” who appears in the day as an innocent friend, only to return in the night as a bitter and exploitative foe.  My eyes return to the war photo of the squad’s leader, mine detector in hand, leading the way.  Behind him are men; they follow because he has the capacity to discern the safe path.  There are no careless steps; mistakes are fatal.  Gordon MacDonald

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”  Ephesians 6:12

Mike Benson