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Sick of Easing Off? Accelerate. Turn it Up!

 
 Slow down.  Think it through.  Sit down.  Stop.  "Now is that realistic?"  Don't make rash decisions.  Disruptive.  Don't question.  Interruptions.  Don't mess with the status quo.   
 
"That is beyond your reading level, grade level, job title or lettering behind your name.  You can't know that...you are not...."  "You are not a......"
Fill in the blanks.
We do it all the time.  Tell the young what they can't do.  Tell those pushing against the boundaries and the envelopes what they can't do.  
I am now stuck with wondering how many rows of "could have beens" fill the storage "of the place that never was" of heaven.  
What could have been if I had not allowed circumstance and others' opinion of me detour me?
 "...In the game of life, nothing is less important than the score at halftime. The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins." P. 158 Andy Andrews
Faith is believing what is not seen and believing that God is who He says He is and will do what He says He will do.  I choose faith or fear.  Faith to believe that the desire of my heart is from God and if it is from God then I need to do it.
Faith that my God will do in and through my family what He wills.  He created us warriors and warriors we will be.
Jesus was given all authority and was anointed to preach the good news and will continue to be fulfilled by the church.  By us.

"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
    instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
    instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.  They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations."

So as Joshua Chamberlain, school teacher, raced down the hill into battle screaming "CHARGE."
 As I tell my sons, "Holding back will hurt you."  Those who hold back in football are the ones who get hurt.  Same goes for life.
 
My desire and passion courses through my veins.  Not for me only.  For my family.  For my sons.  For my church.  For my sisters.  For my cousins.  For my neighbor.   
"As a human, you detour and ease off because you lack understanding.  You quit because you lack faith."( P. 158)
"Easing off does not make the going easier. Neither does it guide one to the desired destination.  Most men ease off when the going is rough.  Most slow down when the road appears treacherous.  These are the times when you must feel the weight of your future on your shoulders-the throbbing, unstoppable strength of destiny coursing through your veins."  (P. 159 Andy Andrews "The Traveler's Gift)
 
EASE OFF? 
 STOMP ON THE ACCELERATOR!
TURN IT UP.
 
  

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