Let us look only to Jesus. He is the one who began our faith, and he makes our faith perfect. Hebrews 12:2
Jesus Tells Us; As you go step by step through this day, remind yourself often that I am with you. This promise of My Presence is a powerful protection. Your life is like traveling down a road. As you go down it, you will encounter potholes and ditches all along the way. Many voices, some of the “friendly” will call to you, trying to get your attention, and tempting you away from the right road. But don’t listen to them. Don’t even look at them. If you take your eyes off Me and follow another’s path, you are in serious danger. Just a few steps away from your true path are pits of self-pity and discouragement, as well as traps of pride and rebellion. The only way to stay on the right road is to keep your focus on Me.
Jesus Concludes; Trusting in My Presence is your best protection.
Hebrews 12:2; Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 12:1; Study Notes
Footnotes Hebrews 12:1-4; The Christian life involves focus and training. It requires us to give up whatever hinders or endangers our relationships with God, and to run with stamina and commitment in the power of the Holy Spirit. We will stumble if we look away from him to worry about ourselves, or look at the opposition, trials, or suffering facing us. We should be running solely for Christ, not our own glory or success, and we must always keep him in sight.
Passage Matthew 28:20; And teaching them everything to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of age.
Footnotes Matthew 28:20; How is Jesus with us: Jesus was with the disciples physically until he ascended into heaven, and then spiritually through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit would be Jesus’ presence that would never leave them. Jesus continues to be with us today through his Spirit.
Passage Hebrews 12:1; 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.
Footnotes Hebrews 12:1; Long-distance runners work hard to build endurance and strength. On race day, their clothes are lightweight and their bodies lean. In the ancient world, in fact, runners competed naked. To run the race that God has set before us, we must also strip off the excess weight that slows us down. How can we do that? (1) Choose friends who are also committed to the race. Nonbelieving friends will have values and activities that may deter you from the course. (2) Drop or curtail certain activities, such as continually checking messages, spending hours a day watching shows or playing video games, or shopping for nonessential items. They may be adding unnecessary weight. Try dropping them for a while, then check the results in your life. (3) Get help for addictions that disable you. If you have a secret “weight” such as pornography, gambling, painkillers, or alcohol, admit your need and get help today.
Jesus Tells Us is from the Jesus Calling 365 devotions for kids.
Footnotes Source: Life Application Study Bible
THE WORLD…we see history
CLARA BARTON HOSPITAL NURSE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 1821-1912
Clara Barton was just 11 years old in Oxford, Massachusetts, when an accident suggested what her future would hold. Barton’s older brother David fell from a barn rafter, and young Barton spent the next two years ministering to David’s needs, organizing his medicines, and applying the “loathsome crawling leeches.” But it was not a straight path to her nurse’s whites and changing the field of medical aid and disaster relief. Extremely shy, Barton became a teacher to help her learn to interact better with others. First, she worked in Massachusetts, and then in New Jersey, where, recognizing the need for a free school, she established one in the face of vehement opposition. By the time the Civil War broke out in the United States, Barton was working in Washington, D.C., for the government, and it was just a short step to help in the war effort. She worked to get needed supplies to the wounded, then obtained clearance, again over some objection, to go to the front. She drew strength from her father, who even as he lay dying, encouraged her efforts. “As a patriot, he had me serve my country with all I had, even with my life, if need be,” Barton recollected. “As the daughter of an accepted Mason, he had me seek and comfort the afflicted everywhere, and as a Christian, he charged me to honor God and love mankind.” She would fulfill her father’s charge gloriously. She built up a store of her own provisions and pitched in wherever she could, working for the Union, but eventually nursing soldiers on both sides of the conflict. Her bravery at the siege of Richmond was noteworthy, but her actions at Antietam, the bloodiest battle of the war, were the stuff of legend. She was everywhere, running to her wagon for medicines and bandages, assisting surgeons working in the field, seeing a soldier shot and killed as she knelt to give him a drink of water.
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Shaid Dr. James Dunn, who was present, “in my feeble estimation, General McClellan, with all his laurels, sinks into insignificance beside the true heroine of the age, the angel of the battlefield.” After the last shot was fired At Antietam, Barton collapsed with what developed into typhoid fever. She recovered in Washington and returned to the fray. When the war ended, Barton, inspired by the works of the International Committee of the Red Cross, used her fame and influence to establish the American Red cross, which quite quickly began working on a global scale (Barton led Red Cross efforts in Armenia in 1896, aiding victims of the Hamidian Massacres carried out by the Turks) and in disaster relief that had nothing to do with war (her last fieldwork, at age 78, was in the aftermath of the Galveston, Texas, hurricane of 1900). Clara Barton did her father proud.
Wikipedia
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then very formalized and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care. When Barton was ten years old, she assigned herself the task of nursing her brother David back to health for two years after he fell from the roof of a barn and received a severe head injury. She learned how to distribute the prescribed medication to her brother, as well as how to place leeches on his body to bleed him (a standard treatment at the time). She continued to care for David long after doctors had given up. He made a full recovery. Her parents tried to help cure her timidity by enrolling her to Colonel Stones High School, but their strategy turned out to be a catastrophe. Barton became more, timid, and depressed and would not eat. She was brought back home to regain her health. After the end of the American Civil War, Barton discovered that thousands of letters from distraught relatives to the War Department were going unanswered because the soldiers they were asking about were buried in unmarked graves. Many of the soldiers were labeled as “missing.” Motivated to do more about the situation, Barton contacted President Lincoln in hopes that she would be allowed to respond officially to the unanswered inquiries. She was given permission, and “The Search for the Missing Men” commenced.
Source: LIFE MAGAZINE 100 PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD Page 105 https://www.life.com/history/lifes-100-people-who-changed-the-world/
Source of Read More: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton