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my knees hurt…

December 10, 2009 · 2 Comments

sooo, i’m studying for a lesson that i am supposed to give this weekend…my focus is going to be about living for today and embracing all that God has given us…i even went and purchased a video to go with it…but i didn’t have a great illustration…i have to have an illustration!!!

then i got this text message this afternoon…it was from one of my closest friends in life…he has been for years…he has been through a lot ton with me…so getting the text was no big deal…but what was contained in the text is a different story!!!

he told me that his wife most likely has breast cancer and the doctor said that it didn’t look good…she just found something out of the ordinary on tuesday and had some tests run on wednesday…tomorrow they go in to to get the more specific results…then he said, ” i can’t live without her”…WHAT?!?

my head just started racing…my heart was pounding as if it wanted out…all kinds of questions…all kinds of feelings and emotions…

they aren’t the first people to have this happen…i know that…they aren’t even the first, for people that i know personally…but this is not supposed to happen to them…they already went through a battle to have children…that took about everything out of them and then some…not to mention the fact that they now have 8 month old twins at home…

tonight kasey and i went for a visit with them, their children, and her parents…it wasn’t what i would call fun…but we had a great time of prayer with them…it was prayer to the point that…

my knees hurt…

it’s amazing how quickly perspective can change…it’s amazing how strong He is, when we are weak…it’s amazing how passionate our prayers can be, when we want them to be…so passionate that…

my knees hurt…

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i press on…

December 10, 2009 · 5 Comments

sooo, if you have been in church for any part of your life, you have heard this passage…

philippians 3:12-14(NLT)

12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

my question is…was the focus of the message you heard or the devotional that you read on the present or the future???

or if this is the first time you’re reading it…do you see the focus being on the present or the future???

i press on…

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