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It Was The One Who Armed Man!
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by Monica Gambrell
lmost any instance of miscommunication in
When I reflected on her quote, however, it became
our house can be traced back to Rebekah. Her
an empowering thought. Jesus is the “One who armed
hearing is fine, I promise. It’s just selective.
Man.” He arms us with every weapon we need to
Each member of our family is a movie buff. As a matter
overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil. He is our
of fact, there are countless instances of speaking in
armory, and the tools are ever ready at our disposal.
movie lines. Someone will quote a movie line as part of their normal speech pattern, and the rest of us are
Ephesians 6:16-18: “Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery
required to know what movie it came from and which character spoke the line. I know it sounds goofy, but we actually are a little goofy. Needless to say, little Rebekah (then around 5) tried her hand at this family act as well. She waited for the perfect opportunity, and presto chango, she was a true-blue Gambrell. Someone (as usual) had done something to get chastised for. There were too many of these events to recall, and it doesn’t matter what it was. Eventually, someone
darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation,
blamed Rebekah, and she responded with, “It wasn’t
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
me; it was the one who armed man.” For those of you
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the
who missed the hilarity of that line, we had recently
Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance
viewed the movie “The Fugitive,” where the main
and supplication for all saints.”
character is charged with the murder of his wife. His
Father God, may we not let our weapons rust in
famous retort was, “It wasn’t me; it was the one-armed
the closet. Each day is filled with warfare, and each
man!” We tried unsuccessfully to control our laughter,
day, our weapons must be at the ready. We thank You
and we still repeat her misspoken quote to this day.
today and every day that You have given us the gift of
Relax—it’s all in fun!
Your Son: “the One who armed Man.” Amen.
18 // February 2021
