S.E.R.E.

Anyone who really knows me, knows that I love the military. I especially love the Marine Corp. My husband is a former Marine, my grandaddy was a Marine, one cousin served, and the other is still serving, and numerous friends over the years have been Marines. OOHRAH!! 

So recently one of my friends left for SERE training. This is a training that military utilizes to help train the men and women serving in terrorist type settings, and it truly is a beat down training that leaves you bruised, and exhausted to say the least. 

The acronym for SERE is Survive, Evade, Resist and Escape....now keep in mind this is the military training, but what if we put a spiritual twist to it....which I tend to do to most, if not all things.

We are certainly under attack as Christ followers. Under attack from the enemy, spirits, the world, evil rulers, principalites, etc....

Now how about we adapt out thinking to those in combat...

SURVIVE the enemy's attack and the arrows that pierce our heart/spirit.

EVADE the attacks, satan and every attempt he throws at you, evade the snare, the trap he has                  set for you and I.

RESIST the temptation to sin / miss the mark, resist the temptation to hurt others, resist the                            temptation to gossip and spread lies about others.......

ESCAPE  the clutches of satan, and escape into the refuge of Jesus Christ

I don't know about you, but I refuse to live a life of defeat or despair no matter what is going on in the world around me. 

I choose to SERE!!