Are you fencing or fighting?

I'm going to have to come up with creative ways to say "Sorry for being late again." College is proving too crazy and different right now to be regular with this, but I thought I'd try to post today.

While I am enjoying college a lot, I find myself missing two things a lot: fencing and Bible quizzing. Bible quizzing especially since I know I'll probably never have a chance to do it again. I was moping and praying, when God said to me, "You've spent a long time practicing. It's time to go do the real thing." I've learned a lot of the Bible, so now it's time for me to use it in the world instead of just reciting it back mindlessly to a quizmaster.

Fencing also being in my mind, I compared quizzing to fencing. Both are like practice for the real thing. We don't kill people when we fence, and we don't divide "soul and spirit, joint and marrow" when we quiz. Both prepare us for the real battles.

So while I haven't graduated to killing people on the battle field or in duels, I am expected to join the spiritual battle with my training.

Fencing is still a good thing; it's how we train to be better fighters. So study hard, but join the battle.