Journey into Forever

" But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." Matthew 5:44 When I think of the word pharaoh, I think of power. Control.  Something so big it is impossible to fight it.  Like a Goliath.  Moses faced his pharaoh.  The one with the power to keep God's people in slavery.  If I were Moses, I would be very frightened to go up against someone so powerful.  And Moses was.  He absolutely thought God was making a mistake by choosing him.  Tried hard to get out of it.  But God was adamant...Moses was the one.  So Moses had to face his fears and face his pharaoh. We all have pharaohs in our lives.  That person (or thing) that seems too powerful to go around.  It's big, it's mean, and it's in control.  For some of us it's that person in our lives who continues to "win" while deserving, in our eyes at least, to lose and lose big.  I

"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people."                                                                                       -Ephesians 6:18 I love going to the woods.  It's one my greatest pleasures.  Sometimes, this 63 year old body does not want to do what I want to do.  And most of the time I make it try anyway.  A few weeks ago, my grandson wanted me to hike with him to where they had been hunting.  Of course, I wanted to go, because I know my time with him is short.  When that driver's license gets in his hands, he won't need me to cart him around anymore.  So I grab the opportunities.  Anyway, we started off.  Luckily we took the four wheeler for part of it, but then there was the walking part.  Through a field, an old creek bed, under low branches of trees.  Pretty rugged for this old gal.  But I didn't stop.  I foll