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Gonna just breathe for a moment or two

Who will take me to the thick of the fight? Who'll show me the road to Edom? You aren't giving up on us, are you, God? Refusing to go out with our troops? Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless.  In God we'll do our very best;  he'll flatten the opposition for good.  (Psalm 108:10-13 MSG) Sometimes facing the world head on isn't all that easy. There come moments when things just get a little messy and out of control. In just a short flash of time our brains begin to ask the question, "Who's gonna go with me, is there anyone with me in this?" We falter for just a moment or two as we realize if we go it alone (or have already tried to go it alone), we are sitting ducks just ripe for the plucking! If we have someone at our side, we are less likely to have to share the brunt of anything "negative" on our own, right? The opposite is also true - when we are accompanied on our journey, we share the joy and glory with the one accomp...