Are You Standing Still or Walking?

Good Morning. I know this is my 3rd post in a row, but I just feel the need to say this. The Lord showed this to me some time back when I thought I was in the deepest darkest valley I could be in. The other post are ones I get from a Great man of God named Kenneth Copeland, but this one is mine from God! Are you going through something right now that seems there is no way out? Do you feel like you are sinking in quicksand or up to your knees in mud? Look at the infamous scripture in Psalms 23. I love the part where David says, "Yea tho I WALK through the valley of the shadow of death." He didn't say yea tho I stand. Nope!! He put some action there. Faith without works is dead. God wants to see you putting faith in action and not standing in the valley. He wants to see you walk. David could have just stood there, but if he had, he would have never gotten out of the valley. We have to keep on walking. Don't let your situation or your cir****tance leave you standing still. Don't let them cause you to stand there wondering. Pick up your feet and move! Too often we camp out in our valley. Pack up that tent and get your gear on and get to walking. So, no matter what valley you may be in right now, at least you are walking through it and there is one that is walking right along with ya. Hope you have a wonderful day! Randall Culpepper

AMEN! MY DEAREST FRIEND, YOU ARE A SHINING STAR. YOUR INSIGHT IS ALWAYS AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL. I AGREE, WE MUST "WALK" THROUGH OUR "PAIN". I TOO, HAVE HAD SOME VERY SERIOUS TRIALS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BURY ME IN THAT "MUD". AND YES, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOO OVERWHELMED WITH SELF PITY OR EXHAUSTION TO KEEP MOVING. THOSE ARE THE TIMES WHEN I FEEL THE POWER OF OUR LORD "CARRYING ME ALONG". IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU LOOK BACK AND SAY,"HOW IN THE WORLD DID I MAKE IT THROUGH THAT?" I'M ALWAYS AWARE OF OUR FATHERS PRESENCE. IT WAS MOST CLEAR TO ME WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD. I WAS THE OLDEST OF 4 CHILDREN, WHEN I FOUND MY DEAR MOTHER'S "LIFELESS" BODY. I WAS IN THE HOUSE WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD BROTHER. MY EMOTIONALLY UNAVAILABLE ALCOHOLIC FATHER WAS AT WORK, AND MY BROTHER AND SISTER WERE AT SCHOOL. I FELT HIS LOVING ARMS AROUND ME RANDALL. HE HELD ME UP AND SPOKE TO MY HEART. I "WALKED" THROUGH IT ALL, BUT, WITH JESUS AS MY CRUTCH. IT'S BEEN 35 YEARS SINCE MY DEAR BELOVED MOTHER WENT HOME TO GOD. I REMEMBER THAT DAY LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. NOT AS A DAY OF TRAGEDY, BUT, AS A DAY OF ENLIGHTENMENT. BLESS YOU DEAR FRIEND, FOR SPREADING THE WORD SO LOVINGLY. MY LIFE WAS ENRICHED THE DAY YOU BECAME MY FRIEND,AND I WAS BLESSED. ALL MY LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST, CARMELLA