Finishing the Race – kenbarnes.us
The Apostle Paul lived well, and therefore, he finished well. Cliff Young, a sixty-one-year-old farmer from Australia, entered the 544-mile inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon Race in 1983. He showed up for the race wearing overalls, a white t-shirt, and work boots, while the other runners wore promotional running attire. Paul instructed his young disciple Timothy; No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier (2 Timothy 2:4). Like Theresa of Avila once said, “When Jesus plants that first kiss on the back of your neck, all your trials will seem like one night in a bad hotel.” My brothers and sisters, will you fight the good fight and finish the race?
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