Wha would a father do for his son?

A son asked his father, “Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?”

The father who, despite having a heart condition, says “Yes”.

They went on to complete the marathon together.

Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying “Yes” to his son’s request of going through the race together.

One day, the son asked his father, ‘Dad, let’s join the Ironman together’.

To which, his father said ‘Yes’ to.

For those who didn’t know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Father and son went on to complete the race together.

[ The video below reminded me of what Jesus did for us, going all the way to the cross. ]

[ ..., Jesus said, "It is finished." ]

[John 19:30a ]

View this:


taken from:

http://www.fortifyyourfaith.org/posts/18-my-redeemer-lives

Joyful Joyful by Lauren Hill

..this my song of the day..

Joyful, joyful
Lord we adore Thee
God of Glory, Lord of Love
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee
Clearly as the sun above
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt away
Giver of immortal gladness
Fill us with the light
Fill us with the light
Oh fill us with the light of day

*Beat Starts*

Joyful, joyful
Lord we adore Thee
God of Glory, Lord of Love
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee
Clearly as the sun above
Melt the clouds of sin, sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt away
Drive it away
Giver of immortal gladness
Fill us
Fill us with the light of day
Light of day

Check the rhyme
Joyful, joyful
Lord we adore Thee
And in my life I could not afford Thee
'Cos as youngster I came to know
That you were the only way to go

So I had to grow and I come to an understanding
And I'm down with the King
So no-one comanded
You tell me "Who you down with" see
All I know is that I'm down with G.O.D

You know G.O.D
Yeah, you know me
You know G.O.D
Yeah, you know me
You know G.O.D
Yeah, you know me
You know G.O.D
Everybody

Join the mighty chorus
The mighty mighty chorus
Which the morning stars become
The Father of Love is mighty glorious

By the way!
What have you done for Him lately
Ooooh yeah (Oh)
What have you done for Him lately
He watches over everthing
So we sing!

[Repeat Chorus)

Fill us (Fill us with the light of day Lord, oh fill
us)
Fill us (Oh we need you yes we do, ooh fill us)
Fill us (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Fill us (With the light of day Lord)
Fill us (With the light of day Lord)
Fill us (With the light of day Lord)

Fill us (We need you, we need you to Pray, we need
you, need you today)
Fill us (We need you I'm gonna say)
Fill us (Fill us, fill us, fill us, fills us!)

Fill us
Fill us with the light of day (Oh yeah)
LIGHT OF DAY!

I just wanna be a sheep!

I Just Wanna be a Sheep

I just wanna be a sheep
Baa, baa, baa, baa
I just wanna be a sheep
Baa, baa, baa, baa
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
I just wanna be a sheep
Baa, baa, baa, baa

I don't wanna be a Pharisee
I don't wanna be a Pharisee
'Cause they're not fair, you see?
I don't wanna be a Pharisee

I don't wanna be a hypocrite
I don't wanna be a hypocrite
'Cause they're not hip with it
I don't wanna be a hypocrite

I don't wanna be a Sadducee
I don't wanna be a Sadducee
'Cause they're so sad, you see?
I don't wanna be a Sadducee

I don't wanna be a goat
No no no no
I don't wanna be a goat
No no no no
'Cause there's no hope for goats
I don't wanna be a goat
No no no no

Mentor-Mentee?

"For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God,

who calls you into his kingdom and glory."

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12

I was reminded of what a mentor shoud be to his/her mentee.

I don't think I want to say more about it, you can ponder about it yourselves :)

(sorry for the akward-ness)

Big Lesson by a Small Creature

(got this through an email)

THE ANT AND THE CONTACT LENS
A true story by Josh and Karen Zarandona

Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was very scared, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took hold of the rope, and started up the face of that rock.

Well, she got to a ledge where she could take a breather. As she was hanging on there, the safety rope snapped against Brenda's eye and knocked out her contact lens.

Well, here she is, on a rock ledge, with hundreds of feet below her and hundreds of feet above her. Of course, she looked and looked and looked, hoping it had landed on the ledge, but it just wasn't there.

Here she was, far from home, her sight now blurry. She was desperate and began to get upset, so she prayed to the Lord to help her to find it.

When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye and her clothing for the lens, but there was no contact lens to be found. She sat down, despondent, with the rest of the party, waiting for the rest of them to make it up the face of the cliff.

She looked out across range after range of mountains, thinking of that verse that says, "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth." She thought, "Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help me."

Finally, they walked down the trail to the bottom. At the bottom there was a new party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted out, "Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?"

Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across the face of the rock, carrying it on it's back.

Brenda told me that her father is a cartoonist. When she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a picture of an ant lugging that contact lens with the words, "Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You."

I think it would probably do some of u s good to occasionally say, "God, I don't know why you want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's awfully heavy. But, if you want me to carry it, I will."

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. Yes, I do love GOD. He is my source of existence and my Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him...I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. (Phil. 4:13)

God will make a way

"... And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he wll also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."
1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)

This reminded me of a 'saying':
"If God brings you to it, he will bring you through it."

I find it quite comforting to know that God would not just throw a big pile of stuff at you and say: "Nah! Give you. Handle it and learn from it." When we are given a pile of work to do, our parents would probably come and check on us once in a while. I would think that God would do the same as well, if not even more. There is nothing that comes our way, that we cannot handle or overcome.

God will make a way, for sure. I know.

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God Will Make A Way
God will make a way,
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way.

By a roadway in the wilderness, He'll lead me
And rivers in the desert will I see
Heaven and earth will fade
But His Word will still remain
He will do something new today.

God will make a way,
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way

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In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:6