Never alone

Every once in a while I like to do this thing in my scripture study.  I hear on occasion that we are in a "war" or a "battle" with Satan.  I believe that this is true.  I believe that Satan is battling every day over as many souls as he can get.  He is a miserable little puke and all he wants is to drag as many down as he can.  The saying misery loves company is never truer than with the great devil himself. 

So back to my scripture study, I like to do this thing and I call it game film on Lucifer.  Every great team that are champions study game film on their opponents.  They study their tendencies, weaknesses, and strengths in order to gain an advantage.  Once again I believe that Satan has watched eons of game film on us and there is a good chance he has watched game film on you personally.  He knows our tendencies, weaknesses, and strengths and he works to exploit them.  And as much as a little puke he is, he is good at what he does.  So it's only fair and only makes sense to study a little film on him.  Learn his tendencies, his strengths, his old fall backs, and even his weaknesses so that we can know what play he might run next. 

So I thought that I might share one little tendency that I saw on film today.  In Sunday school we were reading a few verses on Satan and we were talking about putting on the armor of God.  Those are great verses.  They are read often by Mormons and Christians, and I think Satan knows them by heart, well if he had one, but he doesn't.  So he can't know them by heart but he probably still knows them.  I think it is interesting to note that there is no mention made of back armor.  Every good soldier knows that back armor is not as important as long as someone has your back.  I think that Satan has also noticed that.  With that in mind I would like to make an observation on one of Satans plays that he tries to run all the time. Satan wants everyone to feel as if they are alone.  That no one has their back.  He wants every person that lives on the planet to feel as if no one understands them.  He wants them to feel cold, and separated.  He wants them to feel as if they are alone. 

I wanted to take a moment to blog this because it is an answer I wanted to share but I didn't.  I think it's important to note that Satan wants all of us to feel like we are the only ones trying to live the law of chastity and keep ourselves morally clean.  He wants us to feel like we are the only ones reading our scriptures at night.  Satan wants us to feel like we are the only ones trying to be a good example.  He wants us to think that we are the only ones that have rough days.  The truth is that we are never alone.  By looking around at church we can realize we are not alone.  By talking with friends we can know we are not alone.  By spending time with family we realize we are not alone.  And in the event we truly feel no one else can help us, the Savior personally knows what you are going through and how to help.  That is the power of the atonement, that no matter what spot we may hit in life we are never alone.  And in this there is really strength in numbers.  We have the best to cover our back.  

"And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his ^aeyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and ^bchariots of fire round about Elisha."

--2 Kings 6:16-18

 So here's to never being alone.  Take that Satan!