Joy in the Journeys

  I am not a runner.   In fact, I have never had the urge to run a race, albeit on a track team, sprints, or anything else having to do with running.   Maybe that is because I don’t remember ever seeing a runner with a smile on their face.   Hey, but that’s just me.     However, Scripture tells me that I am not to avoid running.  I Corinthians 9:24 tells me that all runners compete, but only one receives the prize.  Therefore, I am to run so that I obtain the prize. Then there is Hebrews 12:1 that says I am to run the race set before me with endurance, laying aside every weight and sin that clings closely to me, always looking to Jesus, who is the founder and perfecter of my faith.   I recently heard the phrase, “I want to be running when the sand runs out”.  It pierced my heart strings!  Am I at this point in my relationship with Jesus Christ?  Do I want, more than anything, to run the race until completion, so that I ob...

  “Now we see only a dim likeness of things. It is as if we were seeing them in a foggy mirror. But someday we will see clearly.” (I Corinthians 13:12) Have you ever wondered if God knows what He is doing?   Ever questioned Him?   I know I have; especially during this trying time we are all going through.   Sometimes I don’t understand His wisdom, His timing, His anything.   I question what He wants me to do, where He wants me to go, who He wants me to talk to, why my prayers don’t seem to be answered, etc., etc., etc.   Is this the way it is supposed to be? The other day I was driving to work and this is what I saw.   I could not see beyond the 50 feet in front of my face.   It brought to mind the above Scripture.   At times I feel like I am in fog, not able to see much of anything.   The rest of the above verse says, “Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known”.   Thank God for this, to know t...