Why Run the Race?

After I graduated from college, my roommates and I trained for a marathon held in our city. After nine months, we joined tens of thousands of others running 7.5 miles. The streets were packed and we had no hope of coming close to winning, but we ran anyway. Actually I was not a fan of running itself, but I ran for the sake of my relationships with my roommates. Our early morning runs helped to build bonds between us and encourage each others faith in ways nothing else could. Why everyone else ran that race I don’t know, but we ran for each other.

 

Run With Endurance

When we hear the word endurance, we usually think of marathons and match races. It is often in the context of a competition or quest, exerted by a highly trained athlete or animal. Rarely do we think of endurance as applying to us in our every day lives, even less to anything outside of physical effort. Yet endurance is an essential quality and element in every part of our lives, especially spiritually.