Attack

Several things happened all at once, or they came together at a point in time and they were not of the good variety. I was laid a little low by them. My friend said she would pray for me as she described me as being under spiritual attack. What did she mean by this suggested a spiritual attack. Was I suddenly transformed into a bad person, I did not know what she meant and I was a bit taken back by her statement.

Truth be told I believe that there is some good to be derived from spiritual reflection, it is checking up on oneself to see if one is heading in the direction one wants to go.

I do believe that there are lessons to be learned and that conduct governed by some form of spiritual check is not necessarily a bad thing.

There was a reading yesterday in my church that spoke of the body being a temple and a gift from God and do not be immoral in your treatment of the body. Later in the day I saw a CNN story about 46000 dead Mexican citizens as a result of drug wars. Would it be that they would be alive if there were no demand for illicit drugs. Do those who partake of these drugs bear some measure in the deaths of those ? These are the types of spiritual questions that abound.
Are those who take illegal street drugs ( now estimated to be 2 in 10 of every American) under spiritual attack. Do the 4 in 10 Americans with substance abuse issues suffer spiritually. Does our nation suffer spiritually.

My friend said she would pray for me to sustain me in my spiritual attack---I am thankful that she will and is, for it actually does feel like an attack on oneself. For my part I am saying a prayer for our nation and out people.

And not being familiar with the concept of spiritual attack, I am certainly going to look into what it is all about. My preliminary investigation was that an attack is a diversion to keep one from moving in a spiritually enlightened path. I can't say that I was going down that path, but Lord knows in this mixed up world I am trying.