Just a thought this morning...
I was thinking about and praying about the marathon that I
am running here, wrestling with my flesh and food in
general.. Jesus please deliver me daily and enable
me to run the marathon. Then I thought about that old tale
about the tortoise and the hare. Jesus, let me be like the
tortoise. Then it occurred to me: Jesus didn't make me like
the tortoise. He just didn't! I am not a plodder. I am a
rabbit, a cute, fluffy, sassy bunny that likes to dash about,
exploring and being with other bunnies and other possi-
bilities. Soooooo -- I don't need to be a tortoise, although I
can learn much from him. I need to be a WISE rabbit. The
hare could have gone ahead and run the race and won
handily, but no, he messed around and got distracted. And
eventually lost the race. So here it goes: focus and engage;
don't lose sight of the goal. Run for the finish line. Don't
get distracted. Run fast and well, doing your best. Finish!
Whup that tortoise!
Then live my life....
Sola deo Gloria
