Egad! What a rollercoaster lately. A sick child, a restless husband, a stubborn teenager, a picky editor (jk, Robin). AND my own issues, of course, up, down, all around. Too much in the schedule, not enough to keep me busy. When will I ever learn to be content?

At the same time, I knew getting into the issue of purity was stepping onto the front line of a battlefield. At times we are definitely under fire. The chinks in our armor are exposed. We snap. Someone acts thoughtlessly, and I get a burr under my saddle. I want to give up. I can't understand why everyone else is so … whatever they are. One by one, little bad things happen, until I'm sure that, if I turned around, I'd see red horns and a forked tail.

Is he real? Of course he is. But he isn't as big as my Boss. I should know that, no matter what happens.

But then there's a day like today, when a friend calls a friend in another state whose daughter has been pulled into deep trouble on the Internet. The daughter is getting counseling and the technology has been removed from her life, but the family is still looking for help and support. And so a person from Florida calls a friend in Kansas and mentions this friend who has been talking to her lately and has this purity thing. The friend in Kansas looks up the web site, and his wife writes. 

The friend who has the purity thing calls some friends who are great encouragers in Kansas, who happen to live about 20 minutes away from this family. In fact, the dad of the daughter in trouble even knows someone from their church! The encourager friends are delighted to help, and so the purity gal calls the dad who is now receiving help and support from others who have attended purity conferences and can help get the family exactly what they need.

Is God real? Gosh, yes. And what an A-class Networker He is. And He's bigger. Don't ever doubt it.