Man, it’s hard. Living a life modeled after Jesus’ is HARD. One of the things that make it hard is staying faithful to Him when your mind is on them. When we break away from that relationship God told us to- we do the big part. Then the hard part comes- “What do I do now?” I would fall into this space and the enemy would use this ruthlessly; He would almost always push me to my limits. I got to thinking, “God, why can’t he be my husband? I just wanna “check-up” on him. I don’t get the big deal about us having lunch anyway…” When I would get to these spots, the enemy is doing to me just what he did to Jesus in Matthew 4 and I’d start falling. Did Satan spearhead the temptation? No. Jesus was fasting so he was weaker. Sometimes you may just be weaker-feeling lonely or just missing them. But Satan comes in right on cue like he did with Jesus. Jesus had been fasting and Satan used this vulnerable time to slide right in. This is what’s happening when you’re tempted to give into the temptation of texting them, “kicking it“, or just indulging in the thought of  them. The stage will be set up JUST RIGHT and the enemy will come in right on cue. Need I say don’t put yourself in these situations–stay off  their socials, stop reading the message thread-delete it. Detach yourself-or you’ll end up setting the stage for the enemy to work. But when you find yourself in a spot where the enemy has just slid in because you were weak, do what Jesus did. Saturate yourself with so much scripture that you’re able to throw it in the enemy’s face. Get a daily word from a bible app, read the blog posts here, listen to teachings online, something. But you HAVE to know the Word to pull out when the enemy starts hitting you where it hurts. If we want to live the life Jesus lived, we’ve gotta fight how Jesus fought. So, I challenge you today in your quiet time to meditate on scripture and let the Word outline for you all your comebacks. Jesus went toe-to-toe with the enemy throwing scripture for scripture at him. Read and seek God’s face in Matthew 4 today and fight that way. Love you guys so much. Lessons and Blessings family.