Speeding Through Life?

- North American T-6G Texan, s/n 49-3365, photographed 4/17/87 at DuPage Airport, West Chicago. 2nd photo was shot from the tower after 

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield: "I asked the pilot for a fly-by!"

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We can go speeding through life until we realize that Jesus will never leave you. He is your only safe place.

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When your sky is cold and lonely

And your heart is filled with fear

I will wrap My arms around you

Know that I am here

And I will keep you safe and sound

Through the darkness that surrounds

I will never leave you

Nor forsake you

Know that I am with you

You will never be alone

When your way is bright and glowing

And your soul knows no despair

Can you hear Me singing with you?

In your triumph I will share

For I am watching over you

And I rejoice in all you do

So remember, never doubt this

Hold it tightly to your heart

I'm forever, always with you

I will be right where you are

-written by Jay Stocker

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Hebrews 13:5-6

"Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, 

“I will never desert you, 

nor will I ever forsake you,”

so that we confidently say,

“The Lord is my helper, 

I will not be afraid.


What will man do to me?”

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Never Ending Sorrows

 -Kinsman

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"Pain is a process, 

and God never wastes our sorrows."

-Joe Stowell

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I once was a baby in Christ ---sheltered and pruned I grew up...not a baby in Christ any longer...

 -Kinsman Company

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Just as a plant begins as a seedling and then it grows...fed, sheltered, pruned, tethered....kept from predators!!! 

...we also grow...with parents we are fed and sheltered, pruned by learning what is right or wrong, hopefully tethered by God's Word...and then there are the "predators" who come into our lives...

...teachers, friends, media, your front door visitors, false churches, employers, fellow employees, pamphlets, others...

Finally "grown up" in the LORD we can learn to recognize falsehoods and be concerned with this or that teaching; we enjoy new friends, but "something" isn't right about some of them. 

We continue our friendship for quite a while -discounting their "quirks" and wondering about their walk with the LORD. They seem like "solid" Believers with only: "Quirks" in their lives.

Well, we realize we really aren't like them at all!; we are very different in our walk with the LORD. We are open, loving, caring, helpful...they- are not...

As time continues we begin to see the real person in them; bossy, secretive, arrogant, self-centered, controlling, manipulating... 

It is time to pull back from them...but our family ties are already woven into them.  Now it is only time to recover from their sinful attachments...

But--can we ever be the same free people?...

In the LORD He can heal us, but what has been taken from us can never be returned.  We only look to the LORD for our tomorrows. 

Hebrews 13:5-6

..."God has said, “Never will I leave you;
    

never will I forsake you.” 

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    

What can mere mortals do to me?” "...

Psalm 37:7-9

..."Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

For evildoers will be cut off,

But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land."...

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