SYATP- See You at the Pole

Repost from 9/22/10 SYATP
for Theresa & Toni & Lainey



Last Sunday we were challenged to really worship. Not just at church, but in our daily lives. Our Sunday worship should be an out-pouring of the previous week.
Then, Doc explained to us that when we are worshiping, Jesus is right in the middle of our worship. (if we are truly worshiping in spirit and truth) He went on to explain that the angels and the Saints are in our midst as we worship. Knowing that the Lord is in our presence when we worship is enough, but knowing that we are worshiping Him with the Saints, those that have gone before us, is pretty awesome! After thinking about that, I realize that when I worship - I am worshiping with Old Testament Heroes! Ones like Noah, Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joseph, Ruth, Rahab, & Ester, and New Testament Heroes - John- , Mary, Peter, Paul, and Timothy. I even thought about Heroes of the American Revolution like George Washington and Nathan Hale. And my grandparents, Uncle Jack, Bro. Jerry, Mr. Jerry, Mr. Tom; my sweet student, Molly, Katie, our babysitter, my precious friend, Sharon~ Wow! What a CROWD!!! How awesome is that!?!!
After mulling this around for a week or so, I can't help but be fired up about Wednesday Morning at Legacy Elementary School. This Wednesday, September 22, 2010 is SYATP- See You AT The Pole. This is the day that students, teachers, and parents all over our country and world meet before school at the flagpole to pray for the school year. We will pray and sing praises to our King, then have a devotion to start our school day. I can hardly wait! It's so exciting!!! And you can be a part!!! Just meet at your school flagpole! So I started thinking......who will be at our flagpole? Not just who I can see with my eyes, but who will be there worshiping with me that I can't see? Humm.... Who will be at your flagpole? See you Wednesday!

2 Corinthians 4:19
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Hebrews 12:22-24
But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel

Cheerleaders!

     Last Saturday while running in the Race for the Cure, I was reminded just how important cheerleaders are in our lives.  I enjoy running in races, and I am always thrilled to see the crowd cheering me on to finish the race.  Most of the time they don't really know me, they just read my bib and cheer for me by name.  Strangers cheering other strangers.  But what would happen if they weren't there to cheer the me on? Would I slow down? Walk? or just quit racing?
   
      At the Race for the Cure, many of the women share a common bond.  Not one that they would ask for, but one that definitely unites them.  They share hugs, smiles, cheers, tears, and stories.  And they cheer. They cheer for each other.  They cheer for themselves.   They cheer for the race to begin. They cheer during the race.  And they cheer when they finish.   They celebrate the gift of each day. It's an encouraging place for all.  And it's contagious.

     The Lord has truly blessed me with so many "cheerleaders"during every chapter in my life.  Where would I be without them?  And I want to be that kind of friend- a cheerleader.  Who couldn't use another cheerleader in their life to cheer them on each day?  Hebrews 3:13 (NIV) says, "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called 'Today' so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness."  Life is difficult, but we aren't here alone.  The Lord is faithful and gives us many cheerleaders to encourage us along our race.