Born to Run

Posted by simpleysterling on Apr 26, 2010 | Comments Off

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. ~ Maya Angelou

Ask any athlete and they will tell you that a large part of their training and physical stamina comes from “pushing through the pain.”  Any kind of athletic competition wears on the body, and most athletes endure some form of physical injury every time they compete.  Yet they do not use this pain as an excuse to perform sub-par.  Instead, they use that physical discomfort to push themselves further, and challenge themselves to perform at an entirely different level.

Our emotional lives have a history that is spotted with disappointments, betrayals, and hurts.  Many days it feels as if we are just going through the motions.  When we have emotional pain, it becomes too difficult to handle, and most of us just shut down to avoid overload.  Over time, the avoidance builds up until we get to a make-or-break point, and we just don’t know how much more we can take.  So we have to then decide if we are going to “push through the pain” or use it as an excuse to perform at a sub-par level. Either way, our choices get to define whether we are going to stay rooted in the past, or if we are going to use our history, our story, to make a difference in the life of others.

There have been many, many great men and women in history who have had the odds stacked against them and yet moved forward to claim great achievements.  Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc, and countless others throughout history; Hebrews chapter 11, otherwise known as the Faith Chapter, is full of numerous examples.  And thus we are encouraged: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” (Hebrews 12:1).  God wants us to succeed in life; He wants us to persevere.  And in order to do that, we have to trust Him, and run the race.

Just run….

Catch you on the flip side,

Ang

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