The music of Point Of Grace has reached millions of hearts. Their concerts are consistently sold out; their audience grows every year. Now, in this beautiful devotional book, they reveal more of their personal faith, insights, struggles, and relationship with the God who has given them their talents and their dynamic ministry.Using the lyrics from their most popular songs, along with selections from their newest Word Record release, these four tremendously talented women -- Denise, Shelley, Heather, and Terry -- take readers on a quest to grow closer to the Savior and firmer in the faith. They draw on their own vast experiences, discoveries, disappointments, and heartaches to display God as the Father, Friend, Savior, and Lord who loves us and longs to be close to us every day.

Finn, Fothad, and Fian: Some Early Associations
Peter McQuillan Glasraige Toacute;ecraige Araid
Evidence from Ogam William Mahon Wife as Vassal
Gender Construction in Medieval Wales Nerys Patterson Structure and Image in the Altus Prosator Columba's Symmetrical Universe
Margaret Wesseling Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica, and Nature of Ethnographic
Representation
The Conamara of Paacute;dhraic oacute;g oacute; Conaire Philip O'Leary Some Etymologies Relevant to Mythology in the Four Branches John T. Koch Cluain agus Cluanaire Margo Griffin-Wilson
Otherworlds and Verbal Worlds in Middle Irish Narrative John Carey Seanchuidhthe Seacute;adna Sheehan, and the Zeitgeist
Folklore and Folklife in Gaelic Fiction of the Early Revival Philip O'Leary Psycho-Social Correlants of Male-Female Relationships as Reflected in Early Irish Traditions Dorothy Dilts Swartz
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steady on . . . . . . .

A man’s life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.

—Jeremiah 10:23

Kicking up dust

Heaven or bust

We’re headed for the Promised Land

Since the moment we believed, we’ve been eager to leave

Like a child tugging Daddy’s hand

May we never forget that patience is a virtue

Calm our anxious feet so faithful hands can serve you, Lord

(Chorus)

We run on up ahead, we lag behind You

It’s hard to wait when heaven’s on our minds

Teach our restless feet to walk beside You

’Cause in our hearts we’re already gone

Will You walk with us

We want to walk awhile

We know that every mile is bringing us closer home

We want to tell the story

Of sinners bound for glory and turn to find we’re not alone

When we walk in Your light the lost will see You better

As the narrow road gets crowded Lord won’t You lead us

Steady on

(Chorus)

We run on up ahead. We lag behind You

It’s hard to wait when heaven’s on our minds

Teach our restless feet to walk beside You

’Cause in our hearts we’re already gone

Headed home

(Bridge)

Steady me, when the road of faith gets rocky

Oh ready me, for fears I cannot see

Lord won’t You let me be a witness to Your promise

Won’t You steady me

(Chorus)

We run on up ahead, we lag behind you

It’s hard to wait when heaven’s on Your minds

Teach our restless feet to walk beside You

‘Cause in our hearts we’re already gone

(1st Chours)

Will you walk with us

Steady on

Heather Floyd

It seems as if I’m always in a race with time. Do youever feel like that? Time is such a fickle master, isn’t it?I mean, it’s never satisfied. When I was a

little girl, I wanted to wear makeup before I was old enough. Iwanted to drive before I was old enough. I wanted to grow upbefore it was time.

When we become adults, the race with time continues. “I haveto buy this car before . . . I have to make this much moneybefore . . . I have to have this many children before . ..”Before what? What’s the urgency? What’s thehurry? Why are we so impatient?

We want everything faster—quicker microwaves, faster fastfood, and shorter shortcuts. Hurry, hurry, hurry! When you buysomething that has to be put together, do you ever do what Ido—try to put it together without reading the instructions?Reading instructions takes too long; I figure I can do it fasteron my own. You’d think I’d learn, though, because everytime I try to shortcut the instructions, I experience all kindsof frustration, and the project ends up taking twice as long asit would have if I’d just followed the instructions, step bystep.

That’s how it is with my life. When I ignore God’sinstructions and try to do things on my own time, I invariablyget myself into trouble. And when I look back on the situation, Isee that if I’d just kept in step with God—steadyon—things would have turned out much better.

The line in the song “Steady On” that means the most tome is “Teach our restless feet to walk beside you.” Idon’t know about you, but sometimes my feet get mightyrestless, and I have a hard time walking beside God. Being thehuman speed-dynamo that I am, I often become impatient with God.I want him to walk at my pace. I want him to do things accordingto my busy schedule. I want him to answer all my prayers, my way,and on my time. There have even been times in my life whenI’ve tried to answer my own prayers. In essence, I’vetried to play God. Guess what happens every time I do that.Chaos! Total chaos.

Why is it so hard to do things God’s way, at his pace? Whyis it so hard to keep in step with him? I think one reason wedon’t stay steady on our course is that we take our eyes offJesus. We get distracted. Maybe we even get bored. I lovewatching Denise’s baby, Spence. When someone gets hisattention, he looks so intently, so steadily, right in theireyes. He holds his gaze steady . . . until he gets bored, thatis. Then he looks around for something more interesting.Aren’t we a lot like baby Spence? When life’s paceslows, when God’s timing takes longer than we’d like,we get bored and wander off on our own.

Another reason we fall out of step with God is that we simplydon’t trust him. Even though he’s told us over and overthat he’ll take care of us, even though our own lifeexperiences teach us that his way is best, still, our humanitystruggles to do things our way. We ignore the teaching ofJeremiah 10:23: “A man’s life is not his own; it is notfor man to direct his steps.” Instead, as the song says,“We run ahead, we lag behind.”

We know it’s true that we can’t see the future like Godcan, we understand that we don’t have the wisdom God has,and it’s obvious that we have little power to make goodhappen. But still, our humanity cries out, “Let me direct myown life!” All the while, God says to us, “Let medirect your life. Out of my vision, out of my wisdom, out of mypower, out of my compassion and love, let me direct yoursteps.”

Walking steadily beside my God is one of the most terrifyingchallenges I face in my spiritual life. I have a hard timeturning everything over to him, I struggle with trusting him tobring people into my life when I need them, and I wrestle withwaiting on him to answer my prayers when I’d rather handlethe situation my own way. Even though it’s not easy to letgo, deep down I know that if I am to have any stability in mylife, I must let him lead. I pray, to the depth of my being, thatmy restless feet will learn to walk beside my loving Father,trusting him.

If I can learn to truly trust him, then all my nerve-wrackingurgency will fade away. My weak walk will become first steps offaith as I walk “steady on” beside my God, at hisdirection and in his time.

questions

1. When was the last time you got impatientwith God’s timing and struck out on your own? What happened?

2. Have you ever gotten bored with thedirection God seemed to be taking you? Did you keep in step withhim anyway, or did you get off course? What happened?

3. Recall a time when you trusted God and didthings his way even when you were afraid. What did thatexperience teach you?

4. Are you living your life with heaven inview? If so, how? If not, what needs to change?

. . . . steadfast Father,

Teach my restless feet to walk beside you. Forgive me for allthe times when I’ve taken my own course. Guide my feet andlight my path. Help me grow in trust so that I’ll follow youeven when I can’t see very far ahead. Help me to run whenyou run and walk when you walk. Help me keep in step with you.

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