\u201cHe gives strength to the faint and strengthens the powerless.\u201d \u00a0Isaiah 40:29
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Another month has gone by in our journey to strengthen our faith this year. I\u2019m feeling sad to end this month of blessings. Each day, as I\u2019ve written I\u2019ve thought of your faces, those I know and those I don\u2019t. I\u2019ve thought of your battles, those I know about and those I don\u2019t. I\u2019ve asked the Lord with each one, \u201cWhat blessing do they need today?\u201d I just hope and pray, this month you do feel showered in blessings. I pray your faith has grown. I pray you feel God\u2019s presence in your life more today than you did on January 1st.
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When I asked the Lord what today\u2019s blessing should be, He said strength. Strength to carry on into the next month. Strength to keep going. We have just begun the marathon we\u2019re running in 2019. We\u2019ve run 6.5 miles of the 26 mile (and 385 yards to be exact) race. I hope there are people handing you cups of water to refresh you as you keep going. I pray that you are able to find your breath when you\u2019re fighting the uphill battles. I pray that when the heat of the sun beats down on you, you won\u2019t stop. You\u2019ll keep going, even if you have to crawl on your knees, don\u2019t stop. Let\u2019s get to the end of this race together.
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I have a friend battling a rare type of cancer. He\u2019s a runner and a coach, and just a few weeks ago he wrote these words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you walk, one foot is always on the ground. When you run, most of the time you are actually airborne. For example: a 6-foot-tall runner with feet about 1 foot long was found to take 1,250 steps while running 8-minute miles. Thus, while covering 1 mile\u20135,280 feet\u2013he was in touch with the ground for 1,250 feet and airborne for 4,030 feet. Put another way, he was in the air 76 percent of the time. So don\u2019t think of it as a 10-mile run. Think of it as 7 miles of flying!\u201d Peter J. Vilasi
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Don\u2019t think of this marathon as a 26-mile run, think of it as 19.76 miles of flying with God!
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