In Sunshine or in Rain

" ...and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1 I really enjoy running. The crisp morning air, the singing of birds, and the stillness have a way of putting a smile on my face. It is a perfect way to de-stress, or to get energized.  Well, those who know me might know that once I start running(or hiking) I just want to keep going as long as I possibly can. This morning was one of those days. I was going to go for a short run, but alas it was not to be that way. :) I kept telling myself that I would just go a little farther before turning around. Well, I finally reached a point where I decided to turn around, but that is when I realized that I was getting tired. My feet suddenly seemed to be a lot heavier, and the way seemed farther than ever. I set my pace though, and started running, but I began to get more and more tempted to just quit and walk. I did stop to rest a moment a few times, but every time I was even less inclined to keep r...

The following is the perfect missionary song. It is my heart's most earnest desire to live a life of total consecration to my Master and Friend. Oh that we could only see through the eyes of faith that the harvest truly is great. People around us are waiting to hear the good news. May we be missionaries right here and right now, and may we labor earnestly and unceasingly so that people can get to know our wonderful Lord and Savior. So Send I You So send I you to labor unrewarded, To serve unpaid, unloved, unsought, unknown, To bear rebuke, to suffer scorn and scoffing- So send I you to toil for Me alone. So send I you to bind the bruised and broken, O’er wand’ring souls to work, to weep, to wake, To bear the burdens of a world aweary- So send I you to suffer for My sake. So send I you to loneliness and longing, With heart ahung’ring for the loved and known, Forsaking home and kindred, friend and dear one- So send I you to know My love alone. So send I you to leave yo...