{"id":1023,"date":"2017-03-04T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/march-on\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:09:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:09:22","slug":"march-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1023","title":{"rendered":"March On"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nI know DSW Shoes was making a play on words with their email advertisement yesterday. After all, we are in the month of MARCH and it’s time to MARCH ON. Here are lines from their ad:<\/p>\n

*****OK, IT\u2019S TIME: TIME TO FINALLY REALIZE \u201cI WILL\u201d WALKS ALL OVER \u201cI CAN\u2019T.\u201d
\n*****IT’S TIME: TO CONFRONT EACH NEW CHALLENGE, AND DECIDE WHETHER TO GIVE UP, GIVE IN, OR GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT.
\n*****WAKE UP. PUT ON YOUR SHOES\u2026\u2026MARCH ON.<\/p>\n

Their ad worked. Here I am passing it on because it said something. The fact is life happens, stuff happens and we can decide whether to give up, give in or give it all we’ve got.<\/p>\n

The first photo here was of my grandson’s Army platoon marching for their Ft. Benning, GA Ranger graduation ceremonies. Notice they were FORWARD marching NOT backward marching. Whether soldiers are at their home base moving from one post to another, or are on the battlefield\u2026.they are on assignment and they will not cease until their mission has been accomplished. Paul said in Philippians 3:13,14: \u201c\u2026..but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining FORWARD to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.\u201d MARCH ON.<\/p>\n

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For over 44 years, my assignment included a partnership with a beautiful man and we accomplished a great deal during those years. Though Heaven called his name and his earth assignments ended, Heaven hasn\u2019t called my name. I\u2019m still here!!!! And, because I\u2019m still here, there\u2019s work for me to do, places for me to go and assignments I must complete. I take my \u201csingle\u201d life on with fervor and with great ambition. I embrace the life God has given me and I purpose to make the most of every day. That\u2019s God\u2019s gift to me, and my gift back to Him is my attitude of \u201cwinning, conquering, celebrating and overcoming\u201d, because He promised that to me. Jesus said, \u201cI am come that you may have life, and have it in abundance\u201d. (John 10:10). So I MARCH ON!<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t think for a moment that I don\u2019t appreciate the beautiful life that I shared with my Sweetheart. I often think about those sweet years. And, I could \u201csit there\u201d in my thoughts for hours on end, and if I stayed \u201cthere\u201d, momentum in accomplishing my assignments would be stalled. But, I\u2019ve determined to not \u201cstay there\u201d. It gets me nowhere! If I stayed there, I would be like a soldier gone AWOL (absent without leave). My precious Mom passed away at age 94. When she was still here, she would ask, \u201cWhy doesn\u2019t God take me home? I\u2019m ready to go!\u201d And I would always tell her, \u201cHe\u2019s not finished with you here, yet! Keep sharing your love with others, pray, and be here for us! That\u2019s your assignment until you get called home!\u201d You and I are still here and we, too, must complete our God-given assignments. We MARCH ON!<\/p>\n

What are the assignments that God has given you? What are you going to accomplish with YOU? Life is worth LIVING. We\u2019re still here and we\u2019re \u201con assignment\u201d \u2013 let\u2019s get our MARCH-ing orders \u2013 our MISSION is possible! So we, MARCH ON!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know DSW Shoes was making a play on words with their email advertisement yesterday. After all, we are in the month of MARCH and it’s time to MARCH ON. Here are lines from their ad: *****OK, IT\u2019S TIME: TIME TO FINALLY REALIZE \u201cI WILL\u201d WALKS ALL OVER \u201cI CAN\u2019T.\u201d *****IT’S TIME: TO CONFRONT EACH…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6333,3560,6334,6335,3562,6336,6337,6083,1522,200,159,5113,6338,1977,6339,6340],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abundance","tag-army-platoon","tag-awol","tag-dsw-shoes","tag-forward-march","tag-give-it","tag-give-it-all-you-got","tag-give-up","tag-i-cant","tag-i-will","tag-john-1010","tag-life-happens","tag-march-on","tag-mission-possible","tag-philippians-313","tag-wake-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6386,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions\/6386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}