it is well

Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

- 3 John 1:2 (NIV)

 

We learn something new every day, right? 

I did not know there was a book “3 John”.

It is a relatively short book, being only one chapter, but it is there!

This verse was written to Gaius, a friend of John’s commended for his hospitality to traveling preachers.

I like it.

My husband and I are involved in a program that allows traveling motorcyclists to reach out when they need a place to stay for a night or two during their adventures.

As a result of this program, we have had many guests turn into lifelong friends.

I think that I would like to pray this verse over each of our travelers as they leave, as a blessing for their day.

 

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healing comes

He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

- Mark 5:34

 

Hopefully you recognize the words Jesus said to the woman who dared to touch his robe as He passed by her.

How many of us have faith that strong?

This woman suffered for years with an illness and she just knew that if she only touched His clothing she would be healed.

I am ashamed to say that I am not that strong in my faith.

I cry and pray and yes even beg for God’s intervention when things are not going the way I want them.

And there is the rub – things are not going the way I want them to go.  

I feel like the lesson to be learned here is twofold.

One, I have to have faith – we have to have faith – that God knows what He is doing.

Two, we have to be willing to reach out, to touch Him so we can be freed from our often self imposed suffering.

The healing we receive may not be what we asked for or expected, but healing comes, when we have faith.

 

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all good things come to an end

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

- Matthew 24:35

 

I returned home Sunday from what was supposed to be an epic motorcycle ride with my husband.

It was an epic fail - July in Oklahoma and Texas is super hot, ya’all, I didn’t make it as far as Arizona like I had planned.

Seems like I don’t react well to the heat, because not even 500 miles in I started feeling myself dehydrating and the beginning of heat exhaustion, even though I was drinking a LOT of water, the heat was just pulling it right back out of me. 

My husband made the decision that it was no longer safe for me to ride and we stopped.

I tried to convince him to let me rest and we could continue our journey, that once I got into the cooler air of the mountains I would recover, but then we looked at the forecast for our route home and it was about five degrees hotter. 

That was the end of my epic motorcycle trip.

All good things come to an end, right? 

We have heard those words since we were little, all good things must come to an end.

Maybe we utter those words to help us overcome some disappointment.

One thing will never disappoint, will never come to an end, that is the word of God.

While I am heartbroken that I disappointed myself and my husband, and that I didn’t finish something that I started and very much wanted to finish, I know that we did the right thing by turning back. 
God promises that He will keep His word, no matter what happens as we walk through this life.

The weather may not cooperate, but God will always place us where He wants us.

Count on it.   

 

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almost home

In Your unfailing love You will lead the people You have redeemed. In Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

- Exodus 15:13

 

Can you imagine for a moment what it must have been like for the Israelites to see the promised land but not be able to enter it?

Longing for something that we just can’t have?

Yes, I have another song reference:

Are you disappointed?

Are you desperate for help?

You know what it's like to be tired

And only a shell of yourself

Well, you start to believe

You don't have what it takes

'Cause it's all you can do

Just to move, much less finish the race

But don't forget what lies ahead

Almost home

Brother, it won't be long

Soon all your burdens will be gone

With all your strength

Sister, run wild, run free

Hold up your head, keep pressing on

We are almost home

Well, this road will be hard

But we win in the end

Simply because of Jesus in us

It's not if, but when

So take joy in the journey

Even when it feels long

Oh, find strength in each step

Knowing Heaven is cheering you on

We are almost home

Brother, it won't be long

Soon all your burdens will be gone

With all your strength

Sister, run wild, run free

Hold up your head, keep pressing on

We are almost home

Almost home

Almost home

I know that the cross has brought Heaven to us

Make no mistake, there's still more to come

When our flesh and our bone are no longer between

Where we are right now and where we're meant to be

When all that's been lost is made whole again

When these tears and this pain no longer exist

No more walking, we're running as fast as we can

Consider this our second wind

Almost home

Brother, it won't be long

Soon all your burdens will be gone

With all your strength

Sister, run wild, run free

Hold up your head, keep pressing on

We are almost home

Almost home

Almost home

I feel like we are closer than ever to finding our way to God’s house.

The ways of this world do not look favorable for life as we know it.

I am confident though, that God will lead us home.

 

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finding help

For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

- Isaiah 41:13

 

Have you noticed that it is easy to be happy when everything is going well?

I learned early in life that I let things bring me down very easily, and all it takes is one tiny thing to send me spiraling down.

There are so many times that I would like someone to just do things for me, times when life crashes in and I wish I could be a child again just to have someone take care of me and protect me.

God can do that for us. 
When we find ourselves struggling, let’s just reach up and let God take us by the hand.

We will be OK.

 

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we have freedom

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

- 2 Corinthians 3:17

 

It’s Independence Day in the United States!

This is one of my favorite holidays because it is in the summer, there is no obligation to buy gifts for people, you just get to hang out, eat food, play in the water, and watch the sky light up with fireworks. 

But there is more to it than that, I grew up in a military family, so there was always a somber moment, remembering the lives that were lost for our freedom.

Still, there is more to it than that because we are living in the land of the free and the home of the brave, we do not have to fear the oppression that some Christ followers do, where merely owning a Bible can get you thrown in jail (yes, that still happens!!!).

I hope that sometime during the picnics, swimming, boating, and fireworks that we stop to remember what true freedom is, the freedom that we find in surrendering our lives to Christ Jesus, because of His sacrifice we are truly free.

 

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a test of strength

I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.

- Philippians 4:13

 

By the time you read this today, I will be on another journey. 😊

This journey will test my endurance and my strength as I get on my motorcycle and ride farther then I have ridden before.

I’m not doing it because someone told me that I can’t.

I’m not doing it to show off.

I’m doing it because I want to.

Riding my motorcycle is such freedom for me, I clear my head, I work through problems, I pray.

Today I will face some pretty worrisome challenges, but I know that I will be fine.

I can do this through Christ who strengthens me.

 

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