i did have a thought of my own last night, though. i went to my room to read my Bible and pray, and was unable to focus. i then thought, 'ah - i should've known. this makes perfect sense. i'm getting on track with GOD again, so of course i am now going to be under attack by satan because he can't stand that.' so then i started wondering what i could do to protect myself from these attacks. and then i thought, 'well that's just dumb. why am i worrying about what i can do? hello! my FATHER has a shield all the way around me. what's with us peeking around the shield to see if we can fight? that's when we get shot in the foot or get an arrow through our arm. why not stay behind the Shield? HE's got us covered! why try to see what satan's going to do? why not just trust the Shield, and look to the FATHER? (HE's much more beautiful to look at anyway!)' so that was my thought. i'm not going to worry about these attacks. i'm just going to trust that GOD's got it covered.