JUNE One Word Focus - 4 PACE

For the month of June, these will be the 4 One Words for us to "Focus" on:

LITTLE

June 2nd

HONESTY

June 9th

SILENCE

June 16th

PACE

June 23

Interesting combination!

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[image credit] besides Ralph Waldo Emerson

This week I was going to just flip-flop the order, 

starting with the most recent

One WORD

PACE

but if you've already been keeping the PACE 

with the previous first 3 One Words

there's no need to scroll this week.

You can just click on the One Word above, 

which should be linked to that post

meanwhile keeping only the

PACE

right here, right now

with much

GRACE

 from His aMazing Grace

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So

this Week, we'll just

FOCUS

on

PACE

[leaving the other One Words behind]

looking at this week's devotional verse from

1 John 2:5-6 ESV

"... whoever keeps His word, in Him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in Him: [6] whoever says He abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which He walked. 1 John 2: 5-6 ESV

or as a new translation shares this:

"But for those who walk in His message, Creator’s love has found its true meaning and purpose. The ones who say they are in harmony with the Great Spirit must walk in the footsteps of Creator Sets Free(Jesus). This is how we know we are living in harmony with Him."

from First Nations: First Letter from He Shows Goodwill 2
recently introduced to me from💚a very special friend😉
so I just had to share!
I think First Nations would like the Emerson quote on nature
as we "live in harmony with Him"
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The other Scriptures for this week's devotion include:
1 Peter 2:21 ESV; Proverbs 4:25 ESV;Hebrews 12:1 NLT; 2 Thessalonians 3:16 NIV
There are not as many verses as previous weeks containing the One Word: PACE this week. One of my sources listed 21 verses. Bible Hub's Topical search has almost that many definitions for PACE (and an error on their first occurrence listed which should read "peace" not "pace")

The author shares the One Word: PACE a few times as we "run the race" and keep the PACE like Jesus "as He walked the earth, He allowed His PACE to ebb & flow" {I like that and the next statement too} - so besides that one, I've only chosen one other to share as we catch His PACE - some good advice from Cleere Cherry Reaves:
 

"Let's slow our PACE so that we can walk in peace and prioritize what actually matters."

The FOCUS TIP includes this by suggesting 
we remember the One Word: PACE
"and ask God to help us to walk in peace"
instead of running full speed at a faster PACE, let's slow it down
as Scripture tells us to "run the race" - and as the Olympics is kicking off
reminding us to "stay in our lane" and not get "our focus off the One 
we are running toward."
In life's marathon, we need to be sure we hand off our baton to our team,
keeping the flame of Jesus' Good News passed on to the world
and from generation to generation.

"Jesus, determine my PACE and guide my feet. Amen"

Yes, Lord Jesus
with You as my focal point - my eyes fixed on You,
I know You will set my PACE correctly to run the race
still before me so that it will complement,
not compete with Your purposes
and I will live at peace
with that PACE
🙏

just like runners set their 
PACE
for each race
teach me to set a PACE with my spiritual practices
to create a deeper walk with You, God!
I want to set my PACE to finish strong
in Jesus' mighty Name

I'm not sure of the drift of this week's devotional yet
but perhaps God will lead me back here
to pick up the
PACE

To the People of the Tribes of Wrestles with Creator 12:1 (FNVNT)

"We are surrounded by a great cloud of truth tellers who have shown us what it means to trust the Great Spirit . So let us lay to the side everything that weighs us down and the broken ways that so easily wrap around our legs to trip us . And let us run as if we are in a long-distance race, setting a steady PACE and heading toward the goal."

Thank you First Nations

for sharing Hebrews 12:1 so beautifully

and with such wise words.

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LOOKING AHEAD
Next Sunday, June 30th
can be another break for us with
FOCUS
unless you choose to be
"taking inventory"
on each of these 4 One Words
found on pages 95 & 96
in the book
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See you on July 7th (6 pm)
unless you're still celebrating the
4th of July!💙💗💙
(and then you can catch the blog post any time that week)