Sword of Spirit and Shield of Faith

 I wanted to share these thoughts by Rachelle Sorensen:

Since we are studying Ephesians and the armor of God, I wanted to share something I learned about the sword of the spirit. I still think about it occasionally years later. A guy said he learned some fencing in college. He mentioned that it takes years and years of study and practice to become good with a sword.

The Spirit is like that. If we want to be able to “wield it,” we need to become masters and really learn all of the techniques of how to use it.

A sword can be used for defense and offense. To me this means the spirit can warn us of ways to protect ourselves or it can tell us to take action and move forward in some way.

Swords can be used to protect others. We can fight Satan while defending our families and friends and neighbors and the spirit will show us how (I also realized we can use our shield of faith to shield our kids while they are making their own shields). All the other armor only protects the person wearing it.

Anyway, the imagery is SO much more powerful to me now! I want to become a master swordswoman now as I valiantly and expertly wield my sword of the spirit.

What are some ways the Spirit has guided you as you have raised your family?