I’ve had to develop these skills to cope with loss, anger, depression, anxiety and reconcile my belief in the Creator with what has happened to me.
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Hey, WAKE UP! Nobody promised you a rose garden! How does what has happened to you stack up with what happened to Joseph? Sold into slavery? Imprisoned after falsely being accused of rape? Or how about Samson? Had your eyes gouged out lately?
If you read One Samuel, you will see that every time David got in trouble was when he did something using the “Ways of the Warrior”, without asking YHWH what to do first.
So it is fine to train and prepare, but only do those preparations that the Holy Spirit tells you are necessary. Also remember, if He tells you to do one thing in a given situation, and that situation comes up again, ASK AGAIN, because He may want to do things differently the second time. This is another thing that David learned.
So, I say again: Read your Bible and Pray!