That Little Devil

Sneaky Sam is a mischievous little devil. Has he been to see you at your house? Oh! Wait a minute. He’s been assigned to agitate me. You have your own little evil minion. Everyone does. Have you given yours a name? I call my Satan’s assistant Sneaky Sam.

Your little demon might have female characteristics. You could call her Mouthy Martha. Or Tempting Tabitha. I have an Angry Annie. I’ll tell you about her another day.

Back to my Sam. He loves slipping up on me and surprising me with a problem. But hey! That’s better than tempting me to act in sin. Satan’s underling who tempts me to sin is Foody Floyd. He loves to get me to overindulge in food and desserts.

I prefer angels to these pesky evil creatures. Both angels and devils exist in the supernatural world, and they influence us as much as possible.

I write novels about Sarah, the bumbling angel. She’s a hoot. I have six Sarah books on Amazon, but Sneaky Sam goes to Amazon and keeps all six from coming up in a search.  Sam makes it hard for a reader to find Sarah. Boo Hoo! This frustrates me, and Sam knows it.

You can find my latest Sarah book here at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJP3VRL9.

That is, unless Sneaky Sam prevents it. If he does, go to the search bar and type in Sarah and a Texas Trilogy by G. N. Lewis. It's available now as an eBook, but a print version will be out on September 25.

Sam, Get Lost.

 

Sneaky Sam slithered up to my ear. With his smoky breath, he whispered, “You will fail today.”

I turned to him and quoted Scripture, “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”

Sam responded through his smoky haze. “We’ll see.” Then he giggled and slowly evaporated.

When negative thoughts come your way, combat them with a positive one. Repeat the positive thought throughout the day, and just do whatever Sneaky Sam tries to prevent.

Ole Sneaky Sam had a belly laugh at me yesterday. I had a day of mistakes! One right after the other. I needed that Scripture.

Would you believe I accidentally sent $1000 via PayPal to a friend? I put an extra zero in the amount, so instead of $100, I sent $1000!!!!. Yep! Ole Sneaky Sam rolled in the floor over that one.

My understanding friend texted me at once. She knew I'd blundered.

I canceled that charge. The goof caused stress and took up extra time and embarrassed me. I chided myself on being stupid and careless. Ole Sam was jumping up and down with glee.

I should have thought, “Yep, that’s me. I can make the silliest of mistakes, and this one is fixable.”

Sneaky Sam wouldn’t have liked that response.

Don't let Ole Sneaky Sam sneak negative thoughts into your mind today. Tell him to get lost.

 Philippians 4:13.

 

Technology and Freedom

 

After those nine wrecks I told you about in a previous blog, I learned to drive, well, sort of, anyway. Technology helps me.

Vehicles make driving easier because they come with safety features. The backup camera is handy, and my car beeps when I’m close to a curb or another vehicle.  After a few hours of driving, my ride tells me it is time for coffee.

Do you like riding in a car with no driver? I’ve never done that yet, but it looks scary.

Technology is changing the way we do everything. I haven’t learned how to operate all the old stuff before the new comes along.

I heard Elon Musk say that in a few years, cell phones will be extinct. Wow!  Really? He says we will use AI. How will we get to AI? Will we have a chip in our bodies so we can talk to AI any time we need to?

I don’t care for that idea. The Holy Spirit lives within me, and He’s enough. I don’t want an intelligence residing in my body, other than God’s or mine.

I have found AI useful in my design work. I can ask AI to bring a room into existence with my specifications, and it does. This helps me show clients what their space will look like with my ideas. If they don’t like it, I can change it. Before AI, I had to convince them with color boards and sketches.

When it becomes possible to have AI inside your brain, will you allow it?  I hope when that day arrives, we still have a nation of freedom, and you can say no.  However, during Covid, we received a government mandate to take a vaccine. Many lost jobs because they refused the vaccine.

Our government should never force citizens to take a medicine or substance. It should be a choice. I believe in vaccinations, and I’m happy they exist. Polio was wiped out because Jonas Salk discovered the answer. People chose to take it.

Schools soon required students to receive it, and it saved lives. Having said this, I continue to say this: I believe it is better to have a choice about what protects our lives than authorities forcing us into taking it. Most of us will choose the medicine.

But! I will not choose to have a chip with AI placed into my body or brain.

When my husband needed a heart procedure, his team of doctors discussed the situation. Hubby told them what he wouldn’t allow, and they told him what else was available. Together, they made a good decision.

Technology is changing! Don’t give up your freedom to choose!

In my new book, Kade uses technology to kill men.

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