I remember telling a friend I made from the Taiwan mission trip a few years ago I was scared that as I would head into college, I'd fall farther and farther away from God. They told me that if I would be thinking about such things back then, I'd definitely stick close with Him throughout my college years - I was actually pretty unsure. In fact for the most part I haven't drifted away, but I didn't exactly grow as a disciple of Jesus either. With this realization of spiritual warfare lately, I feel like I've had a mini growth spurt in Christ. It's good that I'm growing spiritually, but as I said before, feeling the presence of spiritual warfare means you're aware of the holy and the demonic. When this feeling was first brought up, all I could think about was spiritual warfare and fighting a battle. But the past weekend I was reminded that fellowship is also a big part of maturing in Christ. The people you choose to fellowship with can help disciple you in subtle ways, and they are there to remind you that whatever battles you go through - worldly, emotionally, or spiritually - that you are not alone and there are people that can help.
Also, things like that Jeff Bethke video talking about how 'marriage is just a shadow' continually reminds me that if I do decide to get into a relationship, that guy also needs to be someone after God in his own heart or else our philosophies and outlooks on life will be too conflicting and on top of that, he'll probably think I'm crazy talking about spiritual warfare and all that scary stuff.
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