The Terrible Cock Fight

Sometimes you can see the battle line being drawn...

and sometimes it is less conspicuous.

"After a step of faith most persons are looking for sunny skies and unruffled seas, and when they meet a storm or tempest they are filled with astonishment... The best token of His [God's] Presence is the adversary's defiance, and the more real our blessing the more certainly it will be challenged." -Mrs. Charles E. Cowman

I caught this action on camera a few days ago!

"Let’s hold on to the only promise we can hold to: Life happens in seasons, and no matter what they look like or how long they last, God is fighting for us in the muck. He is fighting with us in the ugliness. He has passed through into the darkness with us. He will deliver us."--Paul Maxwell from Desiringgod

Not everyone will be your best friend;
but God will be.

We may wonder where He was when we were hurting, but He was there all the time.

Here is a verse I shared with friends who are suffering extra pain and sleeplessness after a stroke:

"In all their afflictions, He was afflicted,

and the angel of His presence saved them.

In His love and in His pity He redeemed them and carried them all the days of old." -Isa. 63:9