as shrewd as a snake....as pure as a dove...

i'm wounded...
the heat is rising, the taste of battle in the air.
it's about to start but not yet..
it's the calm before the storm...it's chaos disguised as peace...shalom.
and it's in the time of disguised peace, that the armour is put aside...the sword is resting..resting..resting..
when the shadow creeps unnoticed...
then it drives, into my side, a double-edged sword.
"the battle's not started...and i'm already wounded! it's not fair!"
the world is not fair. the battle is not fair. whoever said it'd be fair?
when it's time for life and death, who's to care about rules and regulations?
"i can not fight, for i am wounded!"
the enemy has won. the battle has not started, and it's already over?

but by deception, it deceived itself.

for it's but my weakness that His power is shone through.
"what?" it seems to question.

thank you, for letting me realize...that i'm not fighting alone.

"WHAT?" it roared.

the world's not fair..... i never said it's fair.

<<13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.>> Eph 6: 13~18 NIV