Have you ever seen a vine that was so strong and so big it was killing something as big as a tree? Well, today I was going to hang some lights on a tree in front of our home, however I knew the tree was covered in a vine. I had the bright idea to try and cut the vine free from the tree so I could hang the lights easier. I took some scissors and started cutting. An hour and a half later I was still cutting. This vine that looked small was wrapped tightly around every branch of the tree and had attached itself to another bush that was beside the tree.
I told Annie that vine was just like Satan. It starts out small, just creeps up the tree and you don't even really know it is there. Just like a small sin we let enter into our life. However, before you know it the little sin has taken over our life just like that vine had taken over the tree. It was literally choking the life out of the tree. I was explaining this to Annie and she got all excited and said, "Mommy, cut Satan off of that poor tree." She understood it wasn't literally Satan on the tree but she said, ya know mommy that is what happened to our friend who hurt his wife. She sees a lot of men hurt their wives here. They might hit them, or treat them badly and lately divorce is becoming common as well. She said, "Mommy is that why people get divorced? Because the vine starts to choke them and they don't know it? Then they leave their wife before someone helps them to get the vine out of their life?" She may be 7 but she sure is insightful. I thought about that. Ya know everytime I feel myself in a spiritual rut I am susceptible to Satan's vine. He can start to wrap it around me and I wouldn't know it. We have to be on guard or he will overtake us. I am saying all of this because it is happening all around me. Divorce, drunks, drugs, he is everywhere I look. He wants to destroy every believer I know,we have to be on guard! Please pray with me for our friends, Satan wants to overtake them, he wants to overtake us all. Please pray!Love you! Missy
I told Annie that vine was just like Satan. It starts out small, just creeps up the tree and you don't even really know it is there. Just like a small sin we let enter into our life. However, before you know it the little sin has taken over our life just like that vine had taken over the tree. It was literally choking the life out of the tree. I was explaining this to Annie and she got all excited and said, "Mommy, cut Satan off of that poor tree." She understood it wasn't literally Satan on the tree but she said, ya know mommy that is what happened to our friend who hurt his wife. She sees a lot of men hurt their wives here. They might hit them, or treat them badly and lately divorce is becoming common as well. She said, "Mommy is that why people get divorced? Because the vine starts to choke them and they don't know it? Then they leave their wife before someone helps them to get the vine out of their life?" She may be 7 but she sure is insightful. I thought about that. Ya know everytime I feel myself in a spiritual rut I am susceptible to Satan's vine. He can start to wrap it around me and I wouldn't know it. We have to be on guard or he will overtake us. I am saying all of this because it is happening all around me. Divorce, drunks, drugs, he is everywhere I look. He wants to destroy every believer I know,we have to be on guard! Please pray with me for our friends, Satan wants to overtake them, he wants to overtake us all. Please pray!Love you! Missy
