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In a marathon, which we can compare to life’s race, runners need to endure. It’s common for runners to collapse immediately after the finish line because they need rest. They gave everything they had.

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“Refreshment” is such a wonderful word. Refreshment can feel light and frothy, but it can also be deep and healing.

To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. Titus 1:15 (NIV)

When we understand we are equipped with His Spirit, His wisdom, His understanding, His counsel, His power, His knowledge and the fear of the Lord, we don’t have fear of people.

To some, the most important thing is family. To some, it’s their work. To some, it’s their position. To some, it’s their next meal. To some, it’s their leisure pursuits. To some, it’s financial gain. To some, it’s power and control. We need to know so that we frame our lives around it and measure our time and pursuits by it.

Once we know something, acting out of that knowledge is appropriate and expected. This is being trustworthy. The parable of the slaves who knew their masters will and those who did not know is a sobering guide for believers that the knowledge we are entrusted with, we are accountable for.

Thankfully, when God says live that you may glorify your Father in heaven, He is not expecting perfection, but He is seeking those who will seek Him and in doing that display His glory.

Looking at seven attributes of God’s love and the perseverance of Christ, causes you to wonder, and decide whether that isn’t everything you need forever.

When life is cheapened because insecurity rises so high it must silence what it fears, we are at war. When we choose hate over love, antagonism over peace, vitriol over freedom, we are at war.

Holding on and living beyond the waiting that we used to have patience for, is hope. Holding on when we feel our loss so deeply, is trust. Holding on when we don’t see what we hope for but we still carry a seed in our heart, is faith.

We need to choose to be concerned for one another. If we have a conversation with another and something comes to our attention for a need they have, that is our cue to help them, to show love and to do good; to invest in their cause.

What does being a child of the light and day mean? It means to stand in faith and identify with whatever celebrates life in God.

This is a reminder that time spent with God is to go near to listen. Not to make rash statements or to hastily peel off all the restless things in our heart.

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Bless and do not curse. 

All that we go through will be edged with gold. All that we’ve lost will be given back with more. All that we endure patiently, will blossom in the day despite the limitations of the night.

With endurance, comes patience. With resilience, comes gentleness. With weathering, comes a greater ability to stand.

Whether our life is as we would like, or whether we persevere through trials, we are cautioned in the bible to keep ourselves without fault, to shine like stars in the darkness, not to blend in or try to hide in the darkness.

It is wise to understand God’s will. Knowing the will of God is to know we have an everlasting relationship with God.

After ruin, wounding, and dryness; of hopelessness, craving and desperation; the gentle, yet saturating rain of God’s Spirit brings incomparable healing. It’s ongoing; it comes in layers as I'm able to receive.