"Shields Up"

Ok, I'll admit it, I love Star Trek. Sorry if your not a fan, but I have seen every episode of every Star Trek show at least 5 times. The original was not my favorite, "The Next Generation" is. (To "Trekies" it is TNG") Anyway I have always thought that Capt Jon-Luc Picard was the best Captain. I mean he had just to say a few words and everyone knew what he wanted. My favorites were: "Make it so, Number One" or "Engage" (as he pointed forward, this was said after he told the helmsman to come to course so and so)
Remember when a enemy ship approached and their "Peaceful Ta-tics" had failed (they were on a mission of Peace and Exploration as we all know), but the other ship would show hostile intents and you heard the order (Sometimes Picard, sometimes Rikker) "Shields UP" And then there they were protected by a invisible "shield" that would let their warp cannons, and phasers go through them on the way to their target, but not let anyone "transport" into their ship, (That always bothered me, why could you shoot out with shields up but not transport things in through them, I need an expert on Star Trek to explain that to me), anyway those shields were pretty cool. Of course they didn't last forever, that would be to easy, and boring for the people watching the show. With every hit on the shields they would weaken, "Worf" would say, "Shields down to 33% Captain" followed by: "Re Route all available power to the forward shields" "Aye Captain".............(Another thing that bothered me, if they had available power why wasn't it already applied to the shields, I mean shields were pretty important.)
Anyway what am I getting at other then I am a nerd? Wouldn't it be really neat if we had such a thing as a "Shield"? A shield around our cars would stop accidents. Shields around our homes would keep thieves out. Don't want anyone using your computer why your on vacation,shield. It would be especially useful in the same application used in Star Trek, as protection in battle. Individual soldiers would have their shields, ships at sea, planes, tanks, the whole battle area could be shielded one for the good guys and one for the bad guys. (I think they did this in one of the Star Wars movies.)
Do you ever feel like there are enemy darts coming at you from all sides? I have felt this. It is not a very good feeling, you feel like God has forgotten you, you feel alone, no one cares, you feel useless, hurt, broken, you cry :"What's next God?" Cry out to God at these moments, yell if you have to, scream at Him, tell Him your mad at Him, but then start to praise Him, Why? Because in our praises to God the shields will begin to come around us. The more we praise Him, the stronger these shields will become. Praise to our Heavenly Father, has a fantastic effect on our circumstances, maybe not lesson the attacks, but change Our perception of them. All of a sudden, the darts aren't having the same effect on us, a few still might get through, but we don't care because we are praising our Father, and He will protect us. I believe God sometimes allows a few of those darts to penetrate our shields, just to show us what it would be like without His covering (Shields). Sometimes we need to be reminded of that.
So the next time it seems like the whole world is raining down on you, and you cannot take it anymore, Yell "Shields Up" and begin praising the Lord, with everything you got. When we begin praising Him even when we don't feel like it, that effort will be rewarded with His praise to help us Praise Him more. Does that make sense? He wants us to praise Him, yet He gives us the praise and strength to do it. How awesome is our God?
Keep those Shields powered up, and continue to praise Our Heavenly Father often.
"Engage"...................