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After watching an interview with Dr. Pausch, I went and watched the Last Lecture, I was moved by this man's passion for life, living his dreams and until his dying breath living a life that would be something that his young children could look back on for advice, wisdom and a glance into who their dad was. I received the book as a gift and there are lots of underlined places but the above quote just had me reading and re~reading it over and over again.

Brick Walls...

Ever faced one?
There were plenty of people who had in the bible, plenty who tried to use excuses?
Moses, I believe said, I'm not your guy, I'm not good at speaking to others, I can't.
Peter said, I can't....
Jeremiah too, I can't....
Mary faced a brick wall when the angel appeared to her and told her she was carrying God's child. Raise God's child? Whoa...that there is a brick wall for all time!
We face them in the form of situations, difficult people and temptations.
BRICK WALLS...

Brick walls come into our lives in so many different ways. They test us. Sometimes it is a daily test, sometimes the walls are much greater than a daily test, much higher and thicker to climb.
When I think of brick walls, I think of those 11 men sitting around after Jesus had left them.
"Now what guys?"

"We KNOW what we has commanded us to do...How in the world are we going to DO that?"
They began to climb the brick wall, they cast lots and divided up the "nations." Historical evidence tells us that 11 out of 12 were martyred for the cause.
The faith that we follow was one of the BIGGEST BRICK WALLS of all time.
What if they had not wanted it bad enough to climb it?

One thing is certain, brick walls will come....

"When troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing."
James 1: 2-4

Those brick walls are there to "test" us...test our faith, test our will, test US. They test us, to remake us; remake us into a person that God can use in even greater ways. Once we commit in faith to the "brick wall" that faces us, we can be assured of one thing. We will NEVER climb alone! It's in the "brick wall" times of our lives that we MUST remain close to God, knowing that however big the wall, God is limitless in HIS power.

One quote....
Two words; Brick Wall
and a reminder that He is always ready to climb.

"In your strength I can crush an army;
With my God I can scale ANY wall."

2 Samuel 22:30

I KNOW what I want. I want to serve, love and live like Christ. I KNOW that with that will come brick walls.
Just how badly do I WANT it?
Enough to climb any wall?
I pray so....

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