Are You Ready To Slay Your Giants?

Hi everyone,
Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. Tom retired in June of 2008 and we have been in a sort of lifestyle tailspin. We have been just trying to figure out who we are now and what we should do and what GOD wants us to do, most of all!
Retirement is definitely NOT what Tom and I thought it would be. We should have prayed more about getting prepared for it.
The biggest thing I would say, after one year "in", is this: Life is still expensive, and life is still difficult, even after you retire.
If that is a disappointing conclusion, let me tell you something that I also know for sure: God is still with us retirees! He is our Giant-Killer! He is our Strength and our Redeemer!
Will you come along with us in these next few posts as we slay giants together? I have written a four-week devotional called "Slaying Your Giants" and I would like to share it on this blog.
What, you might ask, are the giants that need to be slayed in our lives? Oh, I'm glad you asked. There are so many! Giants represent the things in our lives that we battle. It could be another person. It could be a compulsion within ourselves. It could be an addiction. It could be just a nasty habit. It could be money. It could be an activity like shopping or eating. A giant is a foe - an enemy - a "something" that gets in the way of our living the life that God intended for us to live.
Remember David and Goliath? David fought the giant, nearly 10 foot tall Goliath, and killed him with just five smooth stones and a slingshot. He had the power of GOD in those stones. Goliath had his physical prowess and his verbal weapons of boasting, bragging and taunting. Guess who won? This true story is a powerful metaphor for the "giants" in our lives that threaten to take us down.
Come with me in the next few days as we battle giants. God is bigger than any of them!
Praise God! Sincerely, Lisa