“Life is a miracle and every breath we take is a gift from God”

One of Leland’s favorite movies was Pixar’s “Finding Nemo”. My favorite character is Dory. Dory had the perfect answer to life without Leland.

More importantly, her answer works for what God wants us to do.

Her answer to when life gets you down is to “Just keep swimming.” This is a mantra Dory used to stay positive and keep moving forward, even when facing challenges. Never giving up.

As Christians, it’s actually vital to know that life is sometimes about putting one fin… uh, foot… in front of the other. Not because God has let us down.

Nope. As an act of faith and trust, we keep going forward because we KNOW God has our backs. Even better is Psalms 125:2b. “… the Lord surrounds His people, both now and forever.”

Faith and Patience is why we Just Keep Swimming.

“We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”  Hebrews 6:12 (NIV)

No matter what it looks like, just keep swimming. No matter how long something seems to take, just keep swimming. No matter how you feel, just keep swimming. No matter what people say, just keep swimming.

In other words, choose to trust God and just keep going forward. Don’t look back. Don’t give up. His Word is true and truth. Everything contrary to His Word is a lie. 

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