{"id":5720,"date":"2014-11-20T07:17:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T07:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5720"},"modified":"2016-01-07T10:04:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T10:04:47","slug":"pacemaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/pacemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacemaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you making a good pace in life towards your vision?<\/p>\n<p>Some of us over 50`s need a pacemaker, or a heart bypass, or a stent to keep us going.<br \/>\nAs we get older there are major hurdles that we continually have to take steps to overcome. Things we are going through: ill health, moving house, financial problems or depression.<\/p>\n<p>The reason I am writing this is because I need my pacemaker changed. We only have one heart and if it stops we have problems! It concentrates the grey matter to count your blessings and realise that every day is a bonus.<br \/>\nAfter a while we get complacent and take things for granted again. Or we get dragged down and need the batteries recharged.<br \/>\nIt reminds me of someone walking along the beach, there are two sets of footprints in the sand, then they become one set. It is that time in life when we need Christ to lift us up and carry us to the safe shore.<br \/>\nThe challenge is knowing we have to go at his pace and be in step with what he wants from our lives as a pacemaker or a peacemaker for Him.<\/p>\n<p>What a difference a letter makes!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/pacemaker\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you making a good pace in life towards your vision? Some of us over 50`s need a pacemaker, or a heart bypass, or a stent to keep us going. As we get older there are major hurdles that we continually have to take steps to overcome. 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