Seems like this has become my standard holiday message, but there is chatter and we just had that demonic attack the school yesterday. It’s enough to give one an itchy feeling between the shoulder blades. So, keep your situational awareness, have a plan, and enjoy the holiday.
Be safe and be prepared. Keep your friends and family close, and your things where you can find them in the dark.
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I have had a terribly uneasy feeling over the past few days. I woke up yesterday with a clear feeling of dread. A few hours later I heard about the shooting in Minneapolis and, as a man with three grandchildren in Catholic school, my heart sank. I have a four day holiday weekend coming up, and I plan to spend as much of it as possible at home with wife, dogs, guns and grilled meats at hand.
I taught my (now adult) children to live within an ever-mobile and elastic perimeter; so practiced and so natural that their subconscious took care of the business of identifying threats at or beyond the edge; thereby living without the paranoia and dread which so helpfully serves up a stream of false positives. Living happily in the Lord’s graces everyday; ready to flick the dire switch in a nanosecod.