Life is like a 25k
Friday, February 1, 2008
I've decided that life is like a 25k race. I've decided to run the 5th 3rd River Bank Run on May 10 and I'm shocked at how much more disciplined I am (where was all this when I was in school) and how much I am enjoying running. I was reading Hebrews this morning...
"Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith."
I may not know the route of my race/life, it may have lots of hills and rough terrain, but life is not about the route that I take. Life is about knowing God, earnestly seeking Him, and telling others the Good News. The path, which path we take in life doesn't really matter, whether we go to the left or to the right because earth is not our home, this is only temporary. We are here for only a short time and then we will get to go home and spend eternity with Jesus. Amen! I do not always live this way, in fact I rarely live like this is true. Most of the time, I live as though this world is all there is and my car, money, bills, where I live and where I work is all that matters. Why do I get so caught up in the "sin that so easily entangles"?
Training for this 25k has been hard, in some ways it's been easier then I thought, but in other ways I never would have thought I'd be lacing up my running shoes when it's 20 degrees and snowing and running 5 miles. And when I'm running through the snow, I have to persevere because it hurts and I want to stop, I want to turn around and go home, I want to walk. But if I'm going to be ready then I need to keep running, I need to train my body that when it hurts, to keep on going. And that's exactly what I need to do in life, is keep on running, keep on trusting in God even when it hurts and I want to stop and turn around. Life is the journey, it is the run and one day we'll get to the end of this temporary life and we'll spend eternity with Jesus! Oh, I can't wait!
Well, I gotta run, literally - I'm going to go out and run.
