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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Tweedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:14 AM Subject: {dbilg} Fw: Mens Email Devotional - Friday September 26, 2008 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TruthMedia Mens Devotional" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 6:40 AM > Subject: Mens Email Devotional - Friday September 26, 2008 > > > : > : > : RUNNING FOR THE GOLD > : > : > : By John Grant > : > : Also available as a podcast at: > : > : > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/kindle/2008/09/26/running-for-the-gold-2/ > : > : ** Questions about faith? Just need someone to talk to? Contact an > online mentor, it's free and confidential: > http://thelife.com/experience/talk-to-a-mentor/ > : > : "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength" Philippians 4:13 > : > : "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets > the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in > the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will > not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever." 1 > Corinthians 9:24-27 > : > : When Romania's Tomescu-Dita crossed the finish line in the Beijing > Olympics, she not only won the gold medal in the Women's Marathon, but, at > 38, she became the oldest Olympian ever to do it, leaving 83 competitors > in the dust. > : > : Tomescu-Dita led unchallenged for more than an hour, running alone for > more than half of the race ? a remarkable achievement given the quality of > the Beijing field. I watched her running along the grueling course that > snaked through the streets of Beijing from Tiananmen Square to the Bird's > Nest stadium. > : > : I watched her become energized when the stadium came into sight and then > as she circled outside before entering the stadium, I was impressed with > something the announcer said, declaring that entering the stadium of > victory is "something that every marathoner looks forward to." > : > : Tomescu-Dita looked strong as she entered the National Stadium to a > rousing ovation from the crowd of 60,000. The cheers reached a crescendo > as she emerged from the tunnel entrance. > : > : I thought of a spiritual and Biblical parallel. Paul speaks (1 Cor. > 9:24-27) of the ancient games where people ran to win a wreath that will > not last, but that the Christian runs to win a crown that will last > forever, life above with Jesus. Just as the marathoner looks to the > stadium and finish line of victory, we as Christians look to the goal of > victory through eternal unity with God in His heavenly kingdom and the > heavenly crowd will cheer. > : > : Life is a race and the finish line is in the arena of victory in heaven. > Luke expresses it in Acts 20:24: "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." > : > : Paul expresses it in Philippians 3:13-14: "Forgetting what is behind and > straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the > prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Now that's > what I really call running for the gold. > : > : Questions: What "race" have you been running? 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