Is it just me or is there confusion? Not a little, but an insane amount of communication errors that lead to more and more confusion. No this isn't about the elections and fake news. Not my soap box. It's just that more and more times my life has more stress because of confusion by myself of someone I've been speaking with.
My shining example is with my neurologists office. When my medication ran out I called it in to the pharmacist. They called for doctor authorization and for the first time ever, received a "no." I was not informed of this until I tried to pick up the medication. I called the doctor's office and was told I was not given the medication because I didn't go in for my follow up after a test. Well, the test hadn't been done so how could I get the follow up done? Needless to say, the medication was called into the pharmacist. When my husband went to pick it up, it was wrong. Well, half of it was right. They didn't have an order for the other. Oy. Now the miscommunication came between me and my husband. He was told I needed to call the doctor. I thought he said they needed to call the doctor. So I waited for the call for over a week. Yup. Then he and I spoke again and I realized I needed to call. So I did. I didn't get a call back. I waited for two days then called the office again. They never received the message. When I spoke to the nurse about the medication she figured it out. The original message was mis-delivered. She was told I only needed half of the medicine. A series of people not hearing what was said has led to two weeks of increased pain. Why do I share this? For sympathy? Nah. I'll live. There are worse things in the world. However, it is a clear indication that there is a force at work that wants things to be misheard. How do I know? When I am in pain, my mental state goes down - you know, things like patience and helpfulness, nothing that a mama ever needs! This week my little guy has been knocked down with some unknown virus. Fever going back and forth. Today has been inexplicable pain in his chest (something I know of all too well.) And he refuses to use his words, he must burst into tears when he was fine just moments ago. And what is my reaction? Well, how long can I be a good mom before my own pain mixes with my inability to handle his outbursts? I won't answer that question. You may be thinking, "Who cares? So you're in pain and he's in pain and everybody is miserable." This is true, but it matters a great deal. Our interactions as parents will shape our children's lives immensely. We don't ever want our children to grow up thinking that if they're sick their mom will be mad or upset or too tired to care for us. But due to the circumstances poor attitudes have grown in this house. This is Satan's playground. This is where he destroys years of love and affection for moments of rash judgments. And yet, isn't it with him that all of this started? The Bible calls Satan the Prince of the air. Ever wonder why? I'll let you know exactly why. When he has the opportunity to cause confusion and miscommunication, chaos ensues. Where chaos reigns, Jesus and peace do not. Satan is a liar. Lies and spoken words travel through the air. He twists things and changes things so we don't know what is going on! And he sits back and laughs. There is a main point I take away from this- confusion is important to Satan. Miscommunication is important to him. When he can cause an ounce of confusion he has less and less work to do to destroy people. Destruction can be physical as it is with my lack of medication. It can be emotional as I spaz out from stress. It can be relational and sever the ties between friends or family. I picked up on this when I was in high school. My mother and I always seemed to be on edge around each other. She had issues. I had issues. And here was the kicker: we both were trying to live for God. When you have that in a household, there needs to be something to knock you off course. If that doesn't happen, Satan knows he will lose. If we can add to our issues by separations and arguments than he can win some battles, knowing that he's lost the war. Have you had that happen? How many times have you thought that someone said something about you only to find out it never happened? When have you been accused of something that ended up being pointless and useless? Then you sit around wondering what in the world caused all of that and why it happened. The answer is often something that we just don't want to think about. We don't want to believe that 1- Satan is real, 2- Satan is active, and 3-Satan is okay with messing up your life. Over the last few years I have come to realize that we avoid talking about the supernatural realm because it scares us. Yet the Bible clearly tells us that our battles are not in flesh and blood but in the spiritual realm. We need to start looking into the heart of things. We need to begin looking at our world and finding the times that there is actually someone coming against us. It isn't poor luck. It isn't a force of nature. There is someone trying to disrupt the lines of communication on a regular basis. The more we know it, the more it tries to hide, but the truth is steady. Fight the fight on the right level and break through the communication barriers.
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