My dear Friends
I feel sure that all of you will be following the opening of the Olympic games this coming Friday. There is always intense competition and excitement, especially when someone from your own country wins a gold medal.
As a practising Christian, I have another take on it.My goal is to win eternal life and in order to pursue my goal I have to be in training like any athlete. I have to be strong and courageous, ready to take on any trials that God puts my way, and never to look behind but always to strain ahead for the prize-Jesus Christ. St Paul puts it much better:
''Do you not realise that, though all the runners in the stadium take part in the race, only one of them gets the prize? Run like that-to win. Every athlete concentrates completely on training, and this is to win a wreath that will wither, whereas ours will never wither.'(1 Corinthians 9:24-25)
So you see that the stakes are high but the journey, or race, is exciting. A bit like the tour de France, there are companions along the way. But if we look back, the penalties are great and we may not make the Kingdom.We can't let the past fetter us, although it is very tempting.
Cheer me on!
Shalom from Gila
I feel sure that all of you will be following the opening of the Olympic games this coming Friday. There is always intense competition and excitement, especially when someone from your own country wins a gold medal.
As a practising Christian, I have another take on it.My goal is to win eternal life and in order to pursue my goal I have to be in training like any athlete. I have to be strong and courageous, ready to take on any trials that God puts my way, and never to look behind but always to strain ahead for the prize-Jesus Christ. St Paul puts it much better:
''Do you not realise that, though all the runners in the stadium take part in the race, only one of them gets the prize? Run like that-to win. Every athlete concentrates completely on training, and this is to win a wreath that will wither, whereas ours will never wither.'(1 Corinthians 9:24-25)
So you see that the stakes are high but the journey, or race, is exciting. A bit like the tour de France, there are companions along the way. But if we look back, the penalties are great and we may not make the Kingdom.We can't let the past fetter us, although it is very tempting.
Cheer me on!
Shalom from Gila
