“Bear one another’s burdens,

and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

~Galatians 6:2~

 

Tripp Roth

http://randycourtneytripproth.blogspot.com/

 

 

From Becky C. Lindsey

Please add Bill Conleay and his family to the prayer list. He is in North Oaks in ICU.

 

Pray for me as I have some dental work done today and my family as we make decisions this week about Momma’s care when she is released from the hospital Saturday.

 

Pray for our military as they serve around the world to protect freedoms and rights.

 

Pray for politicians on the local, state, national, and world level.  Pray they will put God first and politics somewhere later in their list of priorities.

 

Weekly Prayer Highlights (SBC)

August 17, 2011

* Praise Lord for making Himself known to a small group of women involved in a church plant in easternHungary!

* Pray for the salvation of a couple in Portugal who stayed after dinner for two hours for an eager discussion about faith, Jesus, and having a relationship with God.

* Thank the Lord that more than 60 radios were distributed in 20 market towns in China so that the Iron Pea people could hear the Good News; word has come that so far, 34 have put their faith in Jesus Christ!

* Pray that people in Japan will come to know the One who is called the Wonderful Counselor as “heart care” specialists listen and offer solid life advice and hope.

 

 

Heart to Heart with Holley: Finish your ride…

Last week I wrote about climbing the impossible. And as I set out on my bike last Sunday, I felt sure no hill could stand in my way.

And then.

As I tackled the last steep incline, I felt a pop beneath me and skidded to a halt miles away from home in the blazing summer sun. I spotted a police car parked a few yards away. Timidly, I approached the vehicle and cleared my throat.

“Can I use your cell phone?” 

The phone rang without an answer. The policeman looked at my bike quizically and asked, “Think it will fit in the back seat?” I shrugged my shoulders, “Worth a try.”

We wedged that bike into the back like a sardine. The policeman cleared the passenger seat, pointed to it and said, “I usually don’t let people ride up here.”

I nodded and slipped in the door.  I tried to reassure him that I was not, in fact, an intimidating traveling partner. “I’ve never been in a police car before!” I declared.“That’s a good thing,” he responded sternly. I noted he drove above the speed limit–probably because I smelled so bad.

As we pulled up in front of my house, my wide-eyed husband came to the front of the garage and looked at me as if to ask, “What did you do now?” 

We popped my bike out of the back seat and I was home. The policeman answered my thanks with a single sentence, “Have a nice day, ma’am.”

Safe on my sofa, I reflected on the difference between last week’s ride and this one. Sometimes we do climb the impossible. We push through and realize we’re stronger than we ever knew. And sometimes God, in His loving care, makes a way for us to be carried instead just when we need it most.

Either way, He promises we’ll finish the ride.

Either way, we get Home.

And, in the end, that’s really all that matters.

 

God loves us enough to carry us through the difficult times in our lives.  I’m so thankful for that and know you are too!

Anna Lee