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Thanks for asking, and thanks for the blessing.

Somewhat like your comment in #1420, my reason, sense, and gut are pretty twisted and conflicted right now. I have read & absorbed a lot in the last week or so, and I'm trying to ascertain if I'm seeing a new trend or if I'm just newly seeing a trend that has been there for some time.

Either way, I believe we are living in the last days and in the words of Ephesians, "... we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Also from scripture, 1 Peter says, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour."

It's interesting to me to see the various reactions here on FR to this kind of thread. I guess I try to take a reasonable position somewhere in between the indifferent scoffers and the totally panicked. I believe in living every day as fully as I can, because I believe that pleases God. At the same time, I think a fair amount of circumspection is in order, because the days are evil.

To give you a more specific answer - it seems to me that we are in for another attack, just based on the enduring & seething hatred that our sworn enemies have for us. As many have pointed out on this thread as well as others, there does seem to be correlation between the timing of the past attacks and other events in history deemed significant by the enemy. A lot of arrows point to this Ramadan as a likely time for the islamicists to try to force their version of the end-game.

Having said that, I take comfort in the knowledge (head & heart) that God, the one really true God, is still in control, and no human being or demon can change the big picture. Granted, small parts of the picture can be changed, individual lives can be changed, and that is another reason to calmly act - to try to spread the news of God's love to those around me, and hopefully brighten their part of the picture.

Anyway, blessings right back atcha!

Fox News: CONFIRMATION Al Qaeda Is Operating In Iraq
Fox News | November 12, 2003

Posted on 11/12/2003 12:04 PM PST by Timesink
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1020291/posts

i WHOLESALE agree.

I notice the added input from someone connected to our own intel community in a message on FR tonight.

I believe there IS a different level of activity and a different trend afoot.

GOD IS GOD AND ALWAYS BE GOD. MERCIFULLY HE IS IN CONGROL.

BLESSINGS,