"Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan desireth to have you, that he may sift you as wheat."
3 Nephi 18:18
I'm not sure what the "sift you as wheat" part exactly means... unless it is about division and separation or something. He certainly does like to alienate us from each other. The watch and pray always part though, I am a little more clear on. We watch for a while, and pray for a while... and then things are fine, and we are less stressed or we get bored, or we aren't seeing anything new, or whatever, and so we stop... no watching, no praying, and suddenly, crunch. we're ground into flour by one of Satan's hidden millstones (hard to hide, those... maybe we just didn't think it would really roll over us). :) painful. I wonder why it is so easy to become complacent. Let's be watchful and prayerful today, and watch out for imminent sifting.
3 Nephi 18:18
I'm not sure what the "sift you as wheat" part exactly means... unless it is about division and separation or something. He certainly does like to alienate us from each other. The watch and pray always part though, I am a little more clear on. We watch for a while, and pray for a while... and then things are fine, and we are less stressed or we get bored, or we aren't seeing anything new, or whatever, and so we stop... no watching, no praying, and suddenly, crunch. we're ground into flour by one of Satan's hidden millstones (hard to hide, those... maybe we just didn't think it would really roll over us). :) painful. I wonder why it is so easy to become complacent. Let's be watchful and prayerful today, and watch out for imminent sifting.
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