Run! Run! Run! The track is long getting longer not what I expected but this is race to the finish step by step to the goal He put in place. He planned outthe path aheadprepared his runnerwith practice runsand breaks for resttime to eat be refreshedwater for thirstthen shows the pathso run! Run! Run! I’mContinue reading “Keep on Running!”
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Pressing On!
heart thumping blood pumping I hit my stride and freedom flings feet forward I press on for days and hours scenery fleeing from me so much said and done the coach calls “time” and I cool down flexing muscles drinking water respite freely given my coach wipes clean my knees (I stumbled twice) adjusts myContinue reading “Pressing On!”
The Long Run
“The joy of the Lord is my strength.” And how does that work out? I’m tired, dragged down by all the brokenness: women scrounging far and wide for water, youth without a future, men distressed. Marriages are fragmented, replete with selfishness, misunderstanding, pain. Wars and crime make headlines every day. I cannot make it goContinue reading “The Long Run”
The Best Reward Ever
Her goal is invisible on this long race, but she keeps on running because she knows it is actually there, just requiring effort and long perseverance to finally touch it. But she knows Dad is cheering her on, providing water and encouragement as she keeps on running. She knows that others will get to theContinue reading “The Best Reward Ever”
The Hardest Race
(A prayer in response to John 17) You prayed your heart that last night, surrounded by eleven men who listened, and took note. And after you had left (having suffered, died and risen), John remembered, wrote it down. For me. For us. For generations still to come. We need to know what yearning you expressedContinue reading “The Hardest Race”
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