[GailA]

I’m not a cat person, but that is my attitude before my first cup of REAL coffee...which that PCP will have to pry out of my cold dead fingers I’m not giving it up. I REFUSE to drink decaf nasty stuff.

[The Mayor]

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Wake-Up Call
November 2, 2012

One early autumn morning as I drove to work in the dark, I was startled by a flash of brown in my headlights followed by the sound of something hitting the front of my car. I had clipped a deer at 70 miles per hour! It was only a glancing blow, and no damage was done to my car (or the deer, as far as I could tell), but it really shook me up. I had been in my usual “autopilot mode” for the familiar drive to the office, but the shock of the incident certainly got my attention. I was now fully alert and trying to calm a racing heartbeat. It was a most unpleasant wake-up call.

The apostle Peter offers us a different kind of wake-up call—one that while unpleasant is necessary. He alerts us to a spiritual battle we are engaged in with a powerful enemy. Peter warns, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). This is a call to wake up, see the danger, and be ready for his attack!

Only when we are aware of the danger that faces us every day will we consciously seek the help we need. And only if we are on the alert will we lean on the strength of our Lord, who is greater than our spiritual enemy.

Though evil may surround us,
We need not fear defeat;
For when God fights the battle,
Our enemies retreat. —Sper

The Christian life is a battleground.

Read: 1 Peter 5:1-9

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. —1 Peter 5:8

Bible in a Year:
John 1-3

[jaycee]

I prefer my real coffee. It would be hard to give it up. I’m sure everyone notices the reports that come out from time to time. One time they will say “coffee is bad for you” and several days later they will say “coffee is great for you and doesn’t harm you.” I use my own judgment! I drink 2 cups in the morning and thats about it for the day. Don’t think I could make it without my coffee.

I don’t trust any polls, especially about this election. My son tries to keep my spirits up when I get down from any bad poll numbers. I think this will be an election that won’t be decided for a few days after! How I jumped from coffee to the election, I don’t know. I guess “cause its driving me crazy.” I’ve never let an election get to me like this one and I think many of us feel the same way.

My son jokes and says “he thinks his cat is worried about the election.....LOLOL!”