Bev used to see things, but mostly good things. So, we were fortunate in that regard. But one time, she told her babysitter that she was seeing "red angels". When I got home, Katie was cowering in the bathroom. Bev was calmly watching TV. I said, "Did you really see red angels?" Bev said, "Nah." I said, "Well, why did you say that then?" She said, "'Cause it's funny to scare Katie." Little turd!
I took a unit of Pastoral Clinical Education ( similar to training to be a chaplain) in a state psychiatric hospital. Many of the patients had chronic mental illnesses that did not respond to medication or therapy. The other students and I would often discuss the relationship between mental illness and the demonic. We planned a Service of the Word for Healing that would include anointing with oil. Several dozen patients showed up for the service. Right as we were about to begin, a fist fight started between two patients over a donut. In seconds, nearly everyone was fighting. It was chaos! The nurses and orderlies restored calm, and the service went off without a hitch. We asked ourselves, “Coincidence or an unseen force trying to stop us? “
Wow, wow, wow. It's hard to see that as merely a coincidence!
It has occurred to me at times that there are somethings which make us more vulnerable to demonic forces. I certainly believe that the use of hallucinagenic drugs does this, and perhaps other drugs. It is only a guess, but it seems mental illness could make one more vulnerable to demonic temptation or oppression. That is only a guess, and such an assumption could go sideways very easily.
Not sure about donuts, however. Hm. Temptation does seem to go through the roof for me when I see donut holes . . . especially the chocolate ones!
Bev used to see things, but mostly good things. So, we were fortunate in that regard. But one time, she told her babysitter that she was seeing "red angels". When I got home, Katie was cowering in the bathroom. Bev was calmly watching TV. I said, "Did you really see red angels?" Bev said, "Nah." I said, "Well, why did you say that then?" She said, "'Cause it's funny to scare Katie." Little turd!
So very hilarious!
I took a unit of Pastoral Clinical Education ( similar to training to be a chaplain) in a state psychiatric hospital. Many of the patients had chronic mental illnesses that did not respond to medication or therapy. The other students and I would often discuss the relationship between mental illness and the demonic. We planned a Service of the Word for Healing that would include anointing with oil. Several dozen patients showed up for the service. Right as we were about to begin, a fist fight started between two patients over a donut. In seconds, nearly everyone was fighting. It was chaos! The nurses and orderlies restored calm, and the service went off without a hitch. We asked ourselves, “Coincidence or an unseen force trying to stop us? “
Wow, wow, wow. It's hard to see that as merely a coincidence!
It has occurred to me at times that there are somethings which make us more vulnerable to demonic forces. I certainly believe that the use of hallucinagenic drugs does this, and perhaps other drugs. It is only a guess, but it seems mental illness could make one more vulnerable to demonic temptation or oppression. That is only a guess, and such an assumption could go sideways very easily.
Not sure about donuts, however. Hm. Temptation does seem to go through the roof for me when I see donut holes . . . especially the chocolate ones!