Spiritual Thoughts

  L ife is an escalator: You can more forward or backward; you cannot remain still. ~ Patricia Russell-McCloud BUT  one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining foward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 3:14

  Friday Tale - What is Your Mile? I  just   finished jogging.           It's 7:12am.   During the run many revelations came that paralleled this mornings run to life.   There are two very difficult miles to run no matter how long the run. The First and the Last Mile.   I usually run five miles or more. The first mile is the hardest and the one most missed. You see, you have to get started to run the first mile.   It's hard to get started. I have to get out of bed. Those first few steps that wake a sleeping body are part of the first mile. They are tougher than the steepest hill.   You have a race to run, a course to complete, or a project that awaits you.   You too have a first mile. And your first mile is tough, just like mine.   When I take my first step outside most of my run is completed. I've accomplished the hardest part. I've gotten started and stepped out.   T...

  D o not waste your time looking back at what you have lost. Move on, life is not meant to be  traveled backwards. ~ Unknown T he grace of God has appeared, instructing us to deny...worldly desires and to live sensibly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and our savior Christ Jesus. ~ Titus 2:11-13

T here are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way. ~ Harry S. Truman   T he way of the lazy is a hedge of thorns, BUT the path of the upright is a highway. ~ Proverbs 15:19

  I f you can't fly, then run; if you can't run, then walk; if you can't walk, then crawl, BUT whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. ~ Martin Luther King Jr. W e continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all His wisdom and understanding so that you will walk in a manner worth of the Lord, to please Him in all respects. ~ Colossians 1:9-10

  J ust breathe in, breath out, and remember that moving forward means taking it one step at a time. ~ Unknown  I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; BUT one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 3:13-14

     You can’t reach for anything new  if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk. ~ Louise Smith But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and    straining forward to what lies ahead,      I press on toward the goal for the prize of         the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.   Philippians 3:13-14

You cannot drive you car looking    at the rear-view mirror.        Focus on going forward. -Steve Harvey I press toward the mark for the prize   of the high-calling of God in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 3:14 

I walk slowly, BUT     I never walk backward.  -Abraham Lincoln   Jesus said to him,  "No one who puts his hand to the plow      and looks back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.  -Luke 9:62