Transported

Wearisome heavinesses and exhausting anxieties and clutching panics cannot be moved and cannot be dissipated until they are forced into the medium of words. Once they are forced into the medium of words, they can be "transported" so to speak. You can pick them up and take them places - places outside of you - places like dumps and disposals.

Turning Enemies into Friends

Psalm 23 says that God "prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies".  So what/who are our enemies? An enemy could be the results of bad decisions and/or poor planning, bullies, poverty, sickness, dysfunctional character traits, bad habits, and/or emotional wounds. They look at me each day and say to me, "I'm going to make you miserable today."

This verse says one of the ways we keep our enemies from consuming us is by consuming what God prepares for us each day. In the Old Testament, it was called manna - the living word. This neutralizes any destruction our enemies have "planned". But it is a little unnerving.  I'd rather be running or fighting in the presence of my enemies, not eating/resting/believing.

So how long does this eating-while-my-enemies-are-watching last? It lasts as long as it takes for you to make your enemy your friend. You conquer your enemies by making them your friends. You say to your enemies, "I bless you because your presence in my life has taught me to eat from God's table."