Forty Plus Miles

       Powerful! Powerful are You Jesus! Wisdom that knows no bounds in Yours! Kind and abundant are You! For compassion and provisions endless are in You! You stoop low to pick us up, to carry us, those those who hope in You, who reach out to You!        You are faithful always, forgiving us of sins and shortcomings! Be exalted Jesus; be exalted! Inspired by Isaiah 40. 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! 

          I am an island, a tiny island, in a sea of humanity. I am not insignificant, but I am also not highly impressive. I quietly live, making myself known amongst the noise of living.  Here it is easy to be drowned out, over-looked, even forgotten; sometimes I feel this way.            I am not abandoned though. On heavy days I am not overcome; just refined. On tougher paths I am not defined by the path; I am remade IN INSPITE OF IT. Here I walk; not arrogantly, but confidently in Jesus. I am made whole IN HIM, for He has redeemed me! 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! 

             When the only way is through, you let it wash over you, the feeling of hurt and struggle, you acknowledge it's awful; but you don't stop walking. When the only way is through, you admit it's not easy, you even let the valley you're walking through become you to learn how to overcome; you must name your struggle to defeat it. When the only way is through, it's not a welcomed thing, but it can be a healing thing, where you grow stronger in the struggle, learn how to grow and thrive, remembering Jesus never left you alone, He just empowered you to have victory IN HIM as you went through what you thought would defeat you. 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! 

           Praise! Praise! Speak highly, higher than before; exalting even! Praise the Goodness of our Righteous Jesus! Lift up His Holy name! name: Remember His benefits, His blessings, His love found in Him!             He works good, making crooked ways straight. Lift Him high! Worship Him! Never forget His love for you.  Inspired by Psalm 103. 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!

       Hope dear soul, hope! Hope in the Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd! Hope dear soul, hope in He who never changes, the Friend of Sinners! Remember His promises, His love, His power in His presence! Hope dear soul, hope in Jesus as you wait; hope!.  Inspired by Psalm 27 and 103.  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!

       I see their constraints and I feel it: the weight of limitation. Two eyes of two animals (sometimes three), staring back at me. Behind metal fenced borders they look; one engaging, one pleading. Two eyes of two animals and I see there isn't lack completely, just an opportunity to be prayerful and strategic with each "metal fenced border" I may counter.          I'm looking Jesus; help me to see how to follow You, even in the environments of challenge. 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!