Forty Plus Miles

       Past the change. Past the shifting that's shifting me; I'm looking. Past the breakdown, where Jesus knows I've broke down from time to time; still I've been given grace. Grace to get up and enter the day again, where the "nights" of life have felt long. In the constant changes. In the hustle, where I struggle, finding hope again in faith; faith that tells me my circumstances don't define me, don't define my family, they're just moments of shifting, where Jesus never does.  Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!

       The world is heavy, and so am I. Walking under loads that wear down. The days are trying; pushing going and arriving in ways that drain and exhaust; still, there is hope. Hope in Jesus, friend of sinners, outcasts, and the broken ones. There is grace, in His presence, and with it mercy, forgiveness, and redemption. There is new life found in Jesus, who daily bears our burdens, where it's okay, where it's beautiful. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!

          The day, where all is new and ready to be found. The light, where grace and faith begin as each breath is taken. The hope, found in something new, something to be rejoiced: the day the Lord has made, where any good thing is possible in the day given by Jesus.  Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!

        Rest in Jesus from worry, assault, harm. Enter encouragement found in His presence.  Stay in His love, His leading, His truth.  Take time to remember Him, and you'll rest. Rest in Him by remembering Him. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!

           Hard ground walked on a hard journey that stretches for miles. Looking far ahead and the end of the unforgiving trail seems to never end; seems. Still I continue on as the pain continues on, reminding me I'm human, that I need Jesus. I walk on as age and physical labor continue to wear on me, remembering this is only temporary, but the presence of Jesus and His love, help, and power to empower me are eternal; something I'm grateful for.  Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!

       All at once it's happening, life and the living of it. All at once it's going on, the moments in minutes that collide with each other and I'm just trying to keep pace, engaging with what I can the best I can.        All together when life is all together, first in different directions, then we all gather together, the three of us that make us family. Fast and all at once, so I look at one moment once, then the next, moving through the busy. All at once it starts to come together, better a little at a time; here in the busy and the going, the living of life when it's busy, grateful to Jesus for these moments that come all at once, whether it's busy or not.  Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support!