Thoughts
Hebrews 12:1

An article by Amy Peterson made me stop my activities and think. She says that through the years of her marriage with her husband, he wanted to participate in running marathons with her. But he didn’t have the time to train and practice. Once he retired and had the time to run with her, he was confident his ability to run a marathon was on the level with Superman.
He took off like a rocket from the starting line in his first twenty-five-mile marathon. Leading the pack of runners in the first five miles, people were asking questions who was the new runner? Their comments were, “He is good!” However, he could not maintain the excellent level on the twenty-fourth mile. Out of breath, tired, and embarrassed, he slumped on the sidewalk, exhausted.
After a short recovery period, he decided to pack it up and concede he was a loser. Two of her female running mates came by and inquired why he was walking away from the race. His answer was, “I can’t complete the last mile.” They encouraged him not to quit but run with them, and they would coach him over the finish line.
They impressed upon him that finishing the race was the goal of the marathon and not being better than anyone participating. Sure, enough, he found the strength to finish the race with those ladies coaching him. Jesus is our coach and has people everywhere to help us. We need to be mindful that help is a prayer away.
Pastor Grady Simpson