Yesterday evening I had the opportunity to meet one of my college alumni. Together with his team of fellow track and field athletes, he stole the thunder from our arch-rival despite starting off the block as the underdogs. Notably, he triumphed in the 800m and 4x400m.
Even after all these twenty-plus years, their victory remains vivid to me. How can I forget the cheers of my cohorts, so electrifying that we could not hear our own voices. Add to that, we were soaked in the rain and kept cheering till our canvas shoes were washed clean and our uniforms had dried out.
Fittingly, our principal got them to do a lap of honour around the school track on the following day. Good runs of memories are made of stuffs like these.
I think life is like that, too. We need to train hard, get the right equipment, listen to our coaches, focus on improving ourselves and aim to finish well. Let this then be encouragement -- we are not alone; many have gone before and many are coming along in this race of life.
We live a life of faith in God by being born again and becoming a temple for God to dwell on the inside of us. We can build our spiritual house in a manner that will be even more glorious than our present lot of achievements on earth. And, we do it by the word of God which endures forever.
"For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God." 1 Peter 1:23 (NLT)
Stay tuned to the word of God.
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