With God you can run but you can't hide.

Psalm 139

7"Where can I go from your Spirit?
   Where can I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
   if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
   if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,
   your right hand will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
   and the light become night around me,”
¹² even the darkness will not be dark to you;
   the night will shine like the day,
   for darkness is as light to you"

Did you know when it comes to God you can run but you can't hide?  There is nowhere to escape His presence.  Even when you feel as if no one cares, no one understands, there is no one to lean on or depend on - He is there.  When you feel that He has left your side expecting you to fight your battles on your own strength - He is there.  In those dark times that temptation overtakes you despite your conscious telling you otherwise, guess what?  He is there too.  So what does this mean to us?  This consolation can bring peace and give us assurance that we are loved and cared for...or if we are living apart from God it can instill a sense of fear in our hearts when we realize that unlike many of our friends, He knows our deepest, darkest secrets.  Either way, there is good news in this: no matter what - He loves us.  No matter what - He is there for us.  It doesn't matter if the world seems to be all wrong - He remains right.  He can bring hope in the dark times and He can bring a heart that has strayed back to Him.  How amazing that the One who knit you together and knows your ins and outs, your greatest passions and desires, has witnessed your greatest failures and most embarrassing thoughts - LOVES YOU.  Not for what you do or don't do but simply for WHO YOU ARE.  You are His creation and His promise is to guide you and be right with you through the trials of life.  Will you reach out and grab His hand and quit trying to do it on your own?  Will you stop looking to your own strength and unleash His?  Can you commit to placing your desires on hold as you seek His face first?  He's patient and full of grace and will be right where He's always been whenever you are ready - but the choice is yours and yours alone.  What will you decide today?

Are you HOPING in the Lord today?

“but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 NIV

This is one of my favorite verses...and a well known one at that.  It gives a sense of power, victory and strength and reminds us of the life that is possible with God.  But is it really possible to achieve soaring on wings, running without growing weary and walking and not being faint?  Come on now, life is hard and things happen and we tend to fizzle out.  Sunday morning might leave us feeling as if we could conquer the world...and then Monday comes along.  What happens?  We trust that the "all scripture is God breathed" and that "God is not a man that He should lie" so where's the strength, the soaring, the never ending energy?  It's in the same place we left it with that small powerful four letter word: HOPE.  God's promises often require an action on our part and in this case we must HOPE.  Without HOPE Monday morning leaves us feeling weak, worn out and tired.  Without HOPE we go through the motions, always hoping we'll stumble upon joy.  Without HOPE we are merely taking up space and failing to fulfill one of our greatest callings in our life: that of trusting Him.  In fact the definition for HOPE equals that of TRUST:  "to expect with confidence: trust."

Hoping when all is wrong is hard.  Hoping when things don't make sense is difficult.  But it IS possible.  Set your mind today to HOPE in the Lord.  Trust that His plans for your life are good, that He will follow through on His promises, that He is wiser and stronger than you are, that He holds your heart safely in His hands.  It might take a little practice but if you press on and keep hoping against all odds you will soon find yourself resting in that very place the verse above describes.

Welcome to our first attempt at blogging.

We wanted to create a way to encourage you, promote awareness of what we have to offer and help to keep you on track spiritually.  Hence, this blog was born.  We've had a facebook page for some time but we realize there actually are some people out there that don't log into facebook daily.  It is our desire to help you get through your tough days, gain a heavenly perspective about your life and understand how to apply scripture to your life in a way that will cause transformation.  Here you can get an inside look at some of our facilitators and they will be given opportunities to share their hearts with you.  You will be able to view our schedule of groups easily to see what fits in your life.  Weekly devotionals will bring hope and a smile to your face.

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