by Suzan Hughes-Kennedy
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:11(NIV)
My husband once had to wear an eye patch for several weeks. The elastic ripped out of one side of the eye patch, leaving it unusable. He asked me to repair it, but I got busy and forgot. I remembered as I was getting ready for work the next morning, so I hurriedly got the Ziploc bag containing my needles, thread and thimble.
To repair it, I had to catch both the elastic and the cloth with the thread. It went pretty easy at first, but then I had to press harder and harder on the needle until finally I pricked my finger. As I looked at the red stain on my finger, my eyes fixed on the thimble still in the bag. Feeling pretty silly, I reached for the thimble, put it on, and finished my task.
Having the thimble on my finger kept me from hurting myself and allowed me to push harder on the needle. I thought of my Bible and how many times it sits there on the coffee table in plain sight. Just as I had looked at that thimble several times and never put it on, I look at my Bible and do not open it up. While the sewing was easy, I didn’t feel the need for the thimble, and when life is easy, I forget to put on my armor.
His Word is there for us every day offering protection. Have you put on the full armor of God today?
