Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 


Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 
Hebrews12:1-2



WOW! So much amazing stuff packed into those two little verses! Such a sense of freedom and joy can be gathered from those verses!

Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,

Don't let the cares of this life wear you down! We are saved by the blood of the lamb and will someday go to be with Jesus forever in a place with no more pain or sin. Can anything in this life be much to worry about with that in mind?

and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 

Patience takes faith and builds faith. Start with a little faith and it keeps growing the longer your patience continues. And it all brings glory to God.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;

Christ is the author of our faith. Faith is nothing without something to put that faith in. Faith in the blood of Christ is what saves us from our sins and as such he is the author of our faith. 

Christ is the finisher of our faith. In him our salvation is completed! What peace we can feel knowing that our salvation is secure in Christ!

who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,

Hanging on a cross was the most shameful way to die, You were branded as a criminal and a sinner,

Anyone who was left hanging on a tree was accursed from God! Yet Christ endured it all for the joy of saving us from our sins and welcoming us as his bride into the church!

and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

The Bible says that Christ is the mediator between God and man. It also says that Christ is on the right hand of God interceding for OUR sins! He endured the cross! Being branded as a sinner and being accursed from his father, so you could be saved! But then he rose from the grave and rose to heaven! And is even now sitting on the right hand of God interceding for us. He's covered us with his perfect blood and as such we are nothing but holy in the eyes of God. 

Praise Jesus Christ and to HIM be ALL the glory.