Purah

I didn't wake up going to blog today.  The thought has crossed my mind the last couple of days, but I just didn't have anything I wanted to put down.  I woke up, and Satan got all over me.  From the get-go.  I am already a pretty emotional human being(that may be the biggest understatement this year).  He immediately jumped all over me.  In less than an hour I had cried twice and yelled(well, it was over text, so it was the written version of yelling) at a friend.  This girl is more than my friend though.  Sarah is my Purah.  Yeah, that probably means nothing for a lot of yall, but I am getting there.  Satan attacked me, so I in turn did what every God fearing woman should do, I turned it on Sarah.  (Yeah, that was sarcasm.)  I am using a lot of parenthesis today.  Anywho.  Sarah took it all so well.  She told me to, and I quote "Go get another cup of coffee and a BITE of chocolate."  HA! That is love, yall.  I have always struggled with feeling adequate in friendships with females.  Sarah is one person that I haven't normally felt that way, but Satan is irrational and waited until today to make me feel as such.  I thought I had handled this issue about 6 years ago, but today it reared its ugly head.  She did console me and she took me back.  She reminded me that it was Satan and then recounted some things that had happened.  She reminded me of things she or I wouldn't have accomplished without the other one's encouragement and just being there for each other.  And I laughed.  Months ago we did a study on Gideon together.  Purah is mentioned one time in Gideon.  When Gideon is told to go down to the Midianite camp and spy.  God tells him to take Purah.  God calls this slave by name.  Priscilla Shirer points out that the slave plays no huge role in any of this, but God had a reason for sending him.  Sometimes we just need a witness.  We need to know that somebody else saw God say or do what we saw Him say or do.  Purah did that for Gideon.  He gave him confidence.  He strengthened him.  He encouraged him.  Sarah is my Purah.  Today she recounted to me what God had done.  Who He had/is making me.  Satan will get all over you.  He will break you down and try to cause you to stumble.  Get you some coffee, chocolate, and a Purah.  I tell my college kids all the time how important it is to surround yourself with Godly friends.  We need to be held up, and prayed for, and encouraged, and loved, and called out, and reminded.  Satan will try to make us forget what we have seen and heard.  He will try to be louder than that still small voice.  Get someone who makes you stop and listen carefully to that voice.  And if they like coffee, that is just a bonus.