Oct
20
I got to see the tail end of the KHS homecoming parade today. It was great to see so many of our covenant children scattered throughout the parade. I couldn’t help but think of Jesus’s words that the very gates of hell would not stand up to the onslaught of His kingdom. And there they were, the soldiers of Christ, with instrument in hand, football jerseys on, riding on floats, and cheering from the sidewalk. It may have looked like a typical seen from any other homecoming parade but through the eyes of faith, something amazing was happening. It happens everyday in every corner of Attala county wherever God’s people are. But today it was a high school parade. And amidst the cheers of fans I thought I heard another kind of noise. The faint sound of a panicked voice almost drowned out by the crowd. The screeches of the Evil One himself as he tried woefully to slap some spackle on the crumbling masonry of the gates of his kingdom as they fell down around him. Onward Christian soldiers…
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