{"id":438,"date":"2012-09-17T01:54:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T01:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kandynolesstevens.com\/?p=438"},"modified":"2012-09-17T01:54:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T01:54:04","slug":"13-days-to-go-the-real-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"13 days to go: the real hope!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Logo Design by Palmer Tattoo
Marshall, MN<\/p><\/div>\n

I have been amazed by the comments about my faith or my strength.\u00a0 In reality, I don\u2019t feel that strong or faith-filled much of the time. Often, I feel overwhelmed, doubtful, worrisome, and plain weak. \u00a0But I am always drawn back to the One person who has always been there.\u00a0 Somehow when I have all of those real human emotions, I get a small something \u2013 maybe a song on the radio or a cardinal flying by my window.\u00a0 I take those \u201csigns\u201d as if God is sending me a message straight from heaven telling you can go just a little farther.\u00a0 The message almost always seems to be, \u201cDon\u2019t worry.\u00a0 I know you are hurting, but remember I am right here, loving you forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every time I get one of those messages, I am also reminded that God knows exactly what it is like to lose a son.\u00a0 That is very humbling.\u00a0 He understands the depth of my grief. Every hurt that I have felt, God knows exactly how that feels.\u00a0 If am angry and need to vent, God is okay with that too. Even the man after God\u2019s own heart lashes out at God in the Psalms when he was hurting, and God still loved him anyway.<\/p>\n

The mission of Reed\u2019s Run has always been the 3 R\u2019s: Remembering Reed, Reaching Others for Christ, and Raising funds for students. \u00a0The middle R has been a constant theme as we have prepared for the final run.\u00a0 The truth is that Reed\u2019s Run might be the biggest platform I ever have to do that.\u00a0 I want to make it count.\u00a0 I want to have Reed\u2019s Run end with an exclamation point.\u00a0 If I didn\u2019t have so many grammarian friends, I would declare I wanted a multitude of exclamation points, but they might balk at that.\u00a0\u00a0 In all seriousness, I want to share that the faith that I profess has one source \u2013 Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Growing up my grandparents had a fish camp in Ponce De Leon, Florida.\u00a0 I often romanticized what it was like during the time of the great explorers. Unlike the conquistador who likely never found the fountain of youth, I have found the life giving LIVING well of water, the fount of hope that never runs dry.\u00a0 For that I am humbled and amazed.\u00a0\u00a0My awe\u00a0led to the creation of the official logo for the final run.\u00a0 I was simply the idea person, and God gave the perfect idea on who to contact.<\/p>\n

A very special THANK YOU to Tim at Palmer\u2019s Tattoos for listening to my ramblings and \u201cseeing\u201d my vision.\u00a0 The logo created exceeded my expectations.\u00a0 You perfectly\u00a0put into art the very way my heart feels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been amazed by the comments about my faith or my strength.\u00a0 In reality, I don\u2019t feel that strong or faith-filled much of the time. Often, I feel overwhelmed, doubtful, worrisome, and plain weak. \u00a0But I am always drawn back to the One person who has always been there.\u00a0 Somehow when I have all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[107,274,300,526,610],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}