rambling rector climbing rose

I often wonder about the lions we battle inside our religious lives; is it real or imagined? There are numerous terrifying threats to the spiritual being. But still, I wonder whether were devoted to the live or imagined lions. We can point at society using its values and mores and pinpoint how it differs from our image of a spiritual existence. I don?t want my children to look at television and learn that youngsters may meet with their parents as though we were holding idiots. That is a very real threat. I do not want my kids and grandchildren growing up inside a world where relationships are casual and all sorts of too often, meaningless. However, essentially the most fearsome lions I face are all internal. My own confusion, questions, desires, and inner battles all are greater threats to my relationship with God than others lions and threats outside of the walls of my house. The story shocked me more than usual because I know my friend is a fairly good martial artist. He is often dubbed as 'talented' by his colleagues and superiors. What's wrong with this story? In theory, he may have wasted the thief quickly while he clearly had no weapon with him. According to him, he didn't know what to do. He knew how he could subdue such assault but he just did not know how to handle it at that time.