Living in light of eternity

  I have always loved Track and Field.   I loved it when I ran track.   I loved it when my son ran track.   He was much better than I was.   He ran the 400-meter hurdles.   That is a tough one.   I ran sprints.   I have never been much for endurance.   Maybe it was my short stature or lung capacity.   Maybe I just lacked fortitude.   I have always been the kind of person who loves to work hard for short periods of time.   Unfortunately, I have learned the Christian life is not a sprint, it is an endurance race. Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, (Hebrews 12:1)   ὑπομονή, ῆς, ἡ ( ὑπομένω )- the capacity to hold out or bear up in the face of difficulty, patience, endurance, fortitude, steadfastness, perseverance [1] Endurance is a primar...