This blog was inspired from an email I received from someone who enjoys turning pictures sideways and seeing what new picture they can see in it. Honestly, I can\u2019t ever say that I intentionally looked sideways at a picture, but it didn\u2019t take me two seconds to see the church looking like a rocket in this photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During Covid, we found out that we could live without a physical church to go to during Covid. We found out that online church was a blessing. And, we realized, that we ARE the church (1 Peter 2:5). But I want to tell you that it was the church I was raised in that rocketed me and steered me in the direction that I needed to go in my quest for an abundant and blessed life. The church beckoned me to not only go to worship and praise God, but one of the big pulls for me was to see my friends and hang out with them there. I grew up hearing the faith-filled, miracle-filled stories of Jesus and all the characters in the Bible that I still desire to emulate in my life today. I loved the little Sunday School songs that used hand motions. So, speaking of rockets, I remember this one: \u201cYou\u2019ll never get to heaven in a rocketship, a rocketship, a rocketship. You\u2019ll never get to heaven in a rocketship. You must be born again!\u201d And, yes, we would jump as high as we could when we said the word, \u201crocketship\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It reminds me of another song: \u201cOn Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.\u201d Surely the moment that I tend to lose my ways AND find myself upside down or sideways or even when using my Waze app, I can sure get mixed up and feel like I\u2019m in sinking sand. Like last week. My son\u2019s IT guy was kind enough to transfer all my data and photos from my \u201cdinosaur extinct\u201d Windows computer (as he calls it) to a Mac. Oh, how I resisted making that change at this season in my life. In fact, I might have used the words \u201cIt\u2019s hard to teach an old dog new tricks\u201d and had to quickly retract them when I heard God\u2019s voice in my ear saying \u201cYou can do all things through me because I strengthen you and empower you.\u201d (Philippians 4:13)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This kind man handed over my old computer plus my new Mac Saturday morning. He made all the transfers to the new computer. I was picking it up from him as they were going out of town. Of all things, my GPS sent me the opposite direction and I was 20 minutes late getting to him. That negative voice that comes at us with talk of defeat and giving up and throwing in the towel slyly infiltrates our sound mind and the \u201cmind of Christ\u201d that we have as a believer (1 Corinthians 2:16). That voice was saying, \u201cHow can you figure out that new computer when you can\u2019t even figure out how to get from Point A to Point B?\u201d And I listened. I was completely sideways from where I was supposed to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But here\u2019s the thing. I\u2019ve come to recognize those voices that tell me I\u2019m inadequate, too old and too late to learn something new. That\u2019s when I\u2019ve learned to put on my combat boots and pull out my sword of the Spirit and all the other parts of the armor of God. I refuse to not give up until I\u2019m taken up. I won\u2019t quit. I won\u2019t submit to lies. It\u2019s NOT OVER till I win! Want to join me on this winning team until we take God\u2019s rocketship direct to Heaven Central? I\u2019ve already got my “ticket to ride”!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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