Keep Swimming <'(())><

Yesterday, I had to chat online with an eBay service representative. Seems one of my online Christmas purchases got a little wacky. Anyway, after a very pleasant chat-session with "Ross", he had somehow managed to answer all of my seemingly complicated questions with surprisingly simple answers. When I was about to sign-off with "Ross-the-Rep", I spontaneously typed in these characters as my final good-bye to him:

<'(())>< Keep swimming, even if life seems upstream. <'(())><

For whatever reason it encouraged me just seeing the above spontaneous characters I had typed to him. So, I thought I'd pass them along to you. Just in case you're in an upstream struggle? Keep swimming. For the believer swimming might be equal to praying, or singing, or maybe simply believing. Wouldn't you agree? So, let's keep swimming, praying and believing. Especially if life seems upstream.

Ephesians 6:18 (NIV) -- ...be alert and always keep on praying...

Acts 16:22-25 (NIV) -- (22) The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. (23) After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. (24) Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. (25) About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NLT) -- ...live by believing and not by seeing...

ALL... JOY TO YOUR WORLD!
Grateful