Endurance and Bees??!!! What??

"let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us" (Hebrews 12:1) (NLT)

Howdy Oddballers,

Today's entry is a bit late...Sorry....HOWEVER I HAVE A LEGIT REASON..!!! Nonetheless, I'm sure you are wondering why the title of the blog post is so messed up today. Well, today is about endurance, whether or not you understand wht it has to do with bees..well.. i'll explain.

Let us first start with why the heck i'm writing my post so late at night. Well, I was on the computer and since I'm deathly terrified of bees, well, a bee flew at me and I screamed and ran upstairs and refused to come down until I felt safe enough and try to write my blog post...so there you have it..The only reason why I am writing now is because of a bee.. The endurance part..well...I can run very far if a bee is by me..so watch out people for a random screaming running lady on the street.

Now about endurance...I want to focus on the verse I posted today very closely...you see how it says let us strip off every weight that slows us down. Well, I'm guess many of you can relate to that statement in multiple ways. Mine, is carrying a backpack. Backpacks can get extremely heavy if you are carrying five textbooks and two binders in there.. yeah..heavy on the back and shoulders. Ouch!!. But lets imagine those textbooks were sins..and temptation????

Hmmm.. That is definitely a game changer isn't it??

RANDOM THINGS RELATING TO CHRISTIANITY = FREAKIN' AWESOMENESS!!!

I'm sure many of you can come up with some sins that you drag along with you ( jealousy, hatred, depression, suicidal thoughts, etc. etc.)
But sometimes, we are in such desperate need waiting for God to pull us out of misery when we really should just STOP!!! and rethink. how about endurance...being patient and waiting f
or God to help us instead of being frustrated because the answer isn't comming RIGHT NOW!!

Hopefully..we all can push through our weights and pull them off our shoulders..because first of all, you can walk fast with a heavy backpack, and secondly, Who wants to read all those words in the humongous textbook anyway?? don't bother fussing about it..just throw it on the sidewalk (indirectly of course i don't think anyone should actually throw their textbooks if they need it for class..just saying).

"Especially if the sin easily trips us up.."

okay..this is important..some sins...really get to us...so it's even more important that we get through it and endure..we will come out of it better people..i'm sure of that. And now, after reading this verse..i understand where the slang term "trippin'" came from. haha..you all know now. Hebrews 12:1. That's where "trippin'" was first introduced..hahaha.

CHALLENGE: find something that it weighing you down...and either pray about it or talk to someone about it.. get that heavy textbook off your shoulders..and have some endurance if that person doesn't answer to you right away..keep carrying that textbook..but don't let it slow you down..it will come out of your backpack.

Have a Lovely Day/Night Oddballers,

Oddball