11/09/19 20:24
The Chicago Marathon i coming up in a few weeks and I took notice of the many thousands of runners who take part. Everyone who finished will have their times posted somewhere. Years ago it was in a newspaper, but more than likely in this day and age will be somewhere online. Why don’t we treat our lives like a marathon. We live in a society that sprints- in other words wants to get to the next appointment, the next phase of our life, the next, next, next as fast as possible. We rarely, stop to smell the roses so to speak.
Perhaps that is why many people today have superficial relationships with God. He wants someone in it for the marathon not the sprint. He wants us to spend time with him, savoring him and what he has done for us. I am guilty of it just as much as anyone else. My prayer today is to stop and smell the roses and make my life a marathon!