scripture

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified; do not be    discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Joshua 1.9

reflection

“I am wanted by God.  He is wanting to preserve me, to guide me through the darkness of the shadow of death, up into the highlands of His presence and afterlife.  I understand that I am temporary, in this shell of a thing on this dirt of an earth.  I am being tempted by Satan, we are all being tempted by Satan, but I am preserved to tell those who do not know about our Savior and our Redeemer.  This is why Paul had no questions.  This is why he could be beaten one day, imprisoned the next, and released only to be beaten again and never ask God why.  He understood the earth was fallen.  He understood the rule of Rome could not save mankind, that mankind could not save itself; rather, it must be rescued, and he knew that he was not in the promised land, but still in the desert, and like Joshua and Caleb he was shouting, ‘Follow me and trust God!’”

Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz

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