LOOKING TO JESUS!

"Run the Race"! 

In this season of life, running isn't always an option! I would probably trip over my cane! Plus, endurance would probably be short-lived.

Bible Marginalia reminded me, "entrusting to Him is key to endurance."

Run the Race. Which race? Hebrews 12:1 gives the answer, "the one set before us."

Bible Marginalia again......Life of faith = long run...ie not a sprint or an easy run. 

Before discouragement set in, I read the answer to running the race in the life of faith. The all important phrase of Hebrews 12:2----looking to Jesus! 

Think focusing, trusting and relying on "Jesus, the name above all names" as the source of our life of faith. (Philippians 2:9)

Looking to Jesus at my life stage/age  needs more than a ck off the list quiet time.

It can require extended time.....often that includes being still, looking up and out the window that frames my prayer chair. Blue skies or rainy fog--the weather doesn't seem to matter.  

It's the condition of my heart that matters as I seek time with Him.

 

Know Peace. No Fear!

Looking to Jesus is soul affirming. 

OLYMPICS 24 OPENING CEREMONY!

Yesterday's Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France, the "City of Lights" was awesome! It had me singing "My country tis of Thee, sweet land of liberty of thee I sing...." This sweet freedom's song touched my heart! So.....I had a cuppa "liber-TEA."

Increase our peace O Lord beyond the banks of the Seine and above the earth from the hot air balloon. (Philippians 4:7)

May the peace of Christ rule in our hearts! (Colossians 3:15)

FRET NOT, DOTS!

Today's Streams in the Desert entry was "spot on" for me!

Dear restless heart, be still; don't fret and worry so;
God has a thousand ways His love and help to show;
Just trust, and trust, and trust, until His will you know.
Dear restless heart, be still, for peace is God's own smile,
His love can every wrong and sorrow reconcile;
Just love, and love, and love, and calmly wait awhile. 

(Edith Willis Linn)

More adverbs for my waiting.  Calmly added to patiently. Maybe I should start an adverbial "Fret Not While Waiting List" for dear ole Dots!

peaceful meditation

4/2/12 Peace…..it’s all from Him, the One who is our Peace. Such began my word study on God, our peace. Jehovah Shâlôm or Yahweh Shâlôm.

Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it The LORD is Peace. (Judges 6:24)

יהוה שׁלום

Jehovah-shalom = "Jehovah is peace"

       1. the name of a sacred altar built by Gideon in Ophrah

Gideon had been face to face with the angel of the Lord having just witnessed a miracle of God’s power. It was at that moment that he recognized who his God was and he worshiped. It was the beginning of the alleviation of Gideon’s fears for both himself and the nation of Israel. That fear was replaced with trust in the Lord. Once trust replaces fear, the result is peace.

I filled an entire page with “peace” verses but I kept going back to Judges 6:24.Knowing the character of the God whom I worship is where “peace” of mind starts. Where peace resides, anxious thoughts are captured and covered by His consolations. (Psalm 94:19) Delight and trust take over.

Perfect peace comes from a mind focused on the Lord.

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you. (Isaiah 26:3)

When peace resides in the mind, it moves to the heart. A peaceful heart permeates the body.

A heart at peace gives life to the body…..(Proverbs 14:30)

Those are pieces of my peaceful meditation which God is now allowing me to put into practice.