Wait...did I spell that right??? OK...OK...The actual verse is "Blessed are the peacemakers" (Matthew 5:9), but I want to talk about pacemakers! No, i'm not talking about the medical pacemakers that stimulate the heartbeat, instead I'm talking about setting the PACE for a race. What race????? "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." ~Hebrews 12:1 We must become pace setters, and not followers. As we prepare for the summer, we need to be prepared to come into Cherokee running, and we need to be the ones setting the pace for our Christian walk, and not letting others set it for us. There are many influences in our lives that try to determine how we will run our individual spiritual races. The scripture says that we are surrounded by witnesses...what's that mean??? It means people are watching YOU...and whether or not you are living "the life" for Christ will determine if they continue to watch and listen to you. So as we prepare...let's prepare to become pacemakers...and not be made by the pace of the world.
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