The armor of God

This is possibly my favourite Bible verse. (Other than 1 Corinthians 13.7-8).

I am reading the entire New Testament, and have been resisting reading Ephesians - to the point that by the second chapter, I had skipped over to Philippians. I used to read Ephesians chapter 6 as all of the "Soldiers against the Illuminati" do, but that just isn't me anymore. I want to be like the monk, not the warrior.

Nevertheless, after a bout of depression that caused 3 days of not eating, I feel better for the first time today. (For anyone who might be concerned, while I do at times suffer from a stigmatized mental illness, going into depression like that is not at all common, in fact, it has never happened to that extreme in my life. After a wonderful first week of 2017 shit really hit the fan, and I just couldn't handle it. This is by no means a part of my life, or how my disease might manifest). I was strong enough to "return" to these letters. And of course, came to the quote below. I must say too, that the New International Version is my favourite wording of it.

"Put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand."

What can I say, I'll always be a fighter, even though I don't want to be. I think it's time to look to Beatrix as my hero, because she's so badass, and she has a baby, that's what I want most of all. And oh yeah, to not die in mortal sin with my divorced boyfriend...