and There Goes the Baton.......

Psalm 38:15

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

What a wonderfully blessing filled verse...this verse has so much love and promise in it....in order to have hope in the Lord, you would have to have the full knowledge, and accepting knowledge that God is there and that God does hear what we say, and, what we say to Him.  Did you catch that.  God hears everything we say, whether we are speaking to our friends, our enemies, our family, or to Him!

And He hears our laments, and He wants to answer us...just listen.  When my son Samuel was about 14 or 15, I had asked him if he had prayed about something, and he said to me, Mom I did pray, and people pray alot, but they also need to listen!

Samuel is now married and has a wonderful family of his own....and I am pretty sure he is frequently listening for what God has to say to him....Samuel was also my runner.  He loved to run! And not short distances. He did cross country in college, and those races were usually about 4-5 miles....not something I could have ever done.  And when he was in high school, he ran track.  When you are in a relay race it is not only important to run quickly but it is also vitally important to hand off the baton very carefully.  Not handing off properly can lose the race for your team.  We are sort of in a relay race, God has handed us His baton and it is now up to us to hand it off correctly.

And don't forget, once you have handed off a baton, you need to then cheer on that runner (mentor).  And look for the next race!

Time to get ready for work and to find someone to bless. How about you?