My granddaughter Aidan is graduating from LSU this week end. A memory popped up for me that I would like to share with you. When in high school, she ran long distance track. One year is especially memorable, and, I think, teaches us all a valuable lesson. At the varsity district meet that year she won first in the two-mile run even though she was only a 7th grader. This qualified her for South State. We were so proud.. She then ran the race of her life and won South State and qualified for the State Track Meet.
Now here is the story. She now had a chance to run against more mature, better trained senior athletes. The competition was greater, but she ran. Others passed her up, but she ran. She passed others, and she ran.
As I think about that day, I realize that we all have a race to run. The race that God has placed before us. We are not always the best; we are never as good as we want to be; we can always find someone that seems to have it all together when we don’t.
“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me–the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.” Acts 20:24.
God doesn’t want us to always feel we need to be as good as someone who is more mature in his faith. He wants us to begin where we are and run the race that is before us, always striving for the finish line, always running to Him, always running FOR HIM.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
Diane