Well today I walked after taking a week off. I walk with my neighbor and it seems I can't get up and walk without her... She is my accountability knowing the fact that she is up waiting for me I know I have to get up and meet her in the cul-de-sac. This morning it was hard for me to get moving... It was cold, I was tired, and my body was not ready to move!! I knew she would be out so I had to get moving. That is how life is for me... God has put people in our life for different needs. We need people to hold us accountable for the things we may not want to do but need to do. We have people who mentor us to help us grow in different areas of our lives. We have people we are supposed to take along side of us to help them grow (which helps us grow). We have people who give us love and understanding. We have encouragers. We even have people who help us "sharpen" us. These are the people we need in our lives more than anything I think. These are the people who really make us look at ourselves, and love us enough to tell us when we are not acting or responding the way we should be. They love us more than we can "hate" them. Too all of the above mentioned people thanks for being in my life!!
James Chapter 5:
1-6 makes me hope I never get rich or even comfortable. Although we are "rich" by the world standards we are not "rich" by the US standards. I know that this is more than other money riches so think twice!!
10 "Be patient in the face of suffering....(continued in 11) we consider blessed those who have persevered." I don't know about you but would love the blessed part... Not sure of patient in suffering....
12 I love "Let your yes be yes and your no be no or you will be condemned" I think we know when something is right or wrong I also think that we don't act strongly on this... We need to stand firm even when we know it is against the crowd. Just like we learned in James Chapter 1:13 about being "tempted". Don't fall for it my friends..
13-16 Gives great advice as when to pray... this is great advice to live by...
this is from The Message
19-20My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God.
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