The Evil Day

Eph 6:13
(13) Because of this, take up all of the armor of God that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having worked out all things, to stand.

Have you ever wondered what the 'evil day' was? Early on, I tended to gloss over it, or assume the writer was speaking of some apocalyptic day. Not so. The evil day is the one which perhaps starts good but takes a turn for the worst.

Yesterday, for instance. We were tired and beginning the 3-3.5 hour journey home with our 8 month old twin girls. I was tired already - just as always - but while packing the car my dad received a call informing us that my grandmother had passed away. This was somewhat unexpected, as she had shown no signs of illness of late, although her health had been frail for the last couple of years in the nursing home.

We continued to pack and get the girls in the car. By the time we hit I-540 we noticed snow. Then the traffic, which was already bad, stopped... and stayed stopped for miles. The day turned truly evil. The girls woke up and began to scream because they were hungry and we were NOT getting home. Well, we did, but it was after a nearly 5 hour trip. That's a long time to go without eating if you weigh 15 lbs. It was evil, too, for the countless others who had wrecked or run out of gas out there on that cold hiway.

Through all of that, God was there and His peace was evident. There was much to resist, and we did, with the armor of God. Prepare always for the evil day because we don't always know when it will come.