Second Week of Shoulders

Wednesday is shoulders day in my training regimine that the trainer from the Bank of America Life Center has worked up for me to train for me goal of doing a marathon. I got kind of a wake up call for myself. I always kinda knew that my shoulders were really weak but doing what is called Arnold presses woke me up. 5 pound weight is all I could handle. made me feel very weak and Wednesday quickly became my least favorite day. I believe the Lord had me to go through this time and gain a new perspective to make Wednesdays my favorite day. Training has becaome challenging on Wednesday and that makes me lean hard on Jesus. If I can share this song with you it really is encouraging me. As anyone who knows me, the music of Shane Barnard and Shane Everrett really, really is my favorite. Jesus has given them a special gift...

Psalm 62
by Shane Barnard

He's the only one strong enough to lean my heaviness against.

The weight of all my sin falling on a rock.

Leaning on a fortress.

Oh the wall of God.

He won't move.

On God I rest my salvation.

My fortress shall not be shaken.

My mighty rock and my glorious.

I lay my head upon His chest.

Oh I am calling out.

Oh my soul, oh my stubborn soul.

Won't you wait on Him.

Wait in the guilt. Even in your fear.

Oh your God is here to lean on.

He won't move.

He has spoken.

Hear his voice:"I have come for the broken."

So all ye weary come and rest.

On God I rest my salvation.

My fortress shall not be shaken.

My mighty rock and my glorious.

I lay my head upon His chest.

I kinda was down at how weak my shoulders are but I have found that the greatest need is the greatest opportunity for God to show Himself strong. I have a friend who goes to Crossroads Community Church named Tony who is afflicted with cancer. He sent the following…

I know that for most people....the reason you get sent home from the hospital on home care or Hospice or whatever...is so you can be comfortable and enjoy the "last days" as much as possible or whatever....I tell everyone I talk to the same thing....that is not what I am "Claiming" from the Lord....I am asking God....Begging God....and I want everyone to be in one accord with me on this....I want a miraculous HEALING from this cancer....It may seem like a huge task to US...but for God it is as easy as taking a breath......He knows EVERY SPOT of cancer in my body...and if he chooses to do so...He can take it ALL away in the blink of an eye.....I want to share this passage from John chapter 9.....I believe that the Lord allows certain things...like my cancer...to happen so he can use it as an opportunity to show what he can do.....

John 9

A Man Born Blind Receives Sight

1 Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4 I^[ must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the sal iva; and He anoint ed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7 And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” . So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
8 Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”
9 Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.”
He said, “I am he.”
10 Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered and said, “A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”