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After watching tonight's speed skating finals, I never cease to be amazed at how things we see resemble real life stuff. These racers are so close to each other speeding around the rink seemingly in perfect pattern and control... then BAM! one of them slips or catches his blade and he tumbles helplessly into the padded wall. OR... someone pushes in just the right spot & time and that causes a disruption of one's balance - then again into the wall!

Isn't life just like that? One slip (ME) or shove (others) and I can fall on my face or struggle to stay up. What a challenge for me to guard the things in my life (testimony, attitude, words, etc.) which seem to hang in the balance every moment of every day. I have to focus constantly... NO LETDOWN!

Michael (DOC) shared Ephesians 6:12 with the guys group this past Monday night. I'll add verse 11 for the close: "Be strong in the LORD and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you may take your stand against the devil's schemes."

2 Things

Something I've read in the Bible has been searing the inside of my brain (and my heart too). In 2 places in Revelation, John records statements made about believers who had given their lives as martyrs for Jesus Christ. Revelation 6:9 & 20:4.

In both references, these people were commended for 2 THINGS: (1) the testimony (life lived outwardly & public) they maintained for Jesus Christ and (2) the Word of God. Wow!

May my life shine with these 2 things - a life lived and devoted to knowing Jesus and making Him known and also a love/passion for the Word of God!