Enemy in the Camp
How do you feel about your current circle of friends, family, and/or colleagues? Do you trust everyone with whom you interact each day? Or, do you have one or two people you're just not sure you can trust? In other words, who's in your camp? Friend or foe? Or, maybe both? You're looking at a few people with unspoken uncertainty in your heart, but in honor of giving all humanity the benefit of the doubt, you maintain cordial interactions and go about your day and life. After awhile, however, you start to notice the hushed side conversations and the undercurrents of malicious intent, revealed through subtle, but increasingly evident disdain on their parts. Before you know it, you're being falsely accused and complained about without cause (Psalm 71:10). It's an interesting experience, and one I went through not long ago in a workplace environment. A year ago, three members of my work family at that time, collaborated on about five pages of formal ...
