Marathon

2008
Tuesday, December 23

Matthew 10:22
... but everyone who endures to the end will be saved.

10 days have gone by and I have not written a single entry. That's because I have not done my quiet time. Spent most of my time sick and coughing and worse of all, playing WOW. For those of you who don't know what WOW is that's good, stay that way.

I don't know about you but I really hate running. And that's mainly because I really suck at it. I can't run because I don't have the stamina and endurance to run. My legs start getting tired but the worse feeling is feeling out of breath. My lungs just can't seem to bring enough air to my muscles and body and it feels like its going to shut down.

That's why I seem to dislike the word "endure". Endure implies there will be suffering. Endure implies there will be pain.

Of course everyone knows if you train, these pains will go away. Some might even say that these pains enables our bodies to release endorphins: powerful hormones that act as pain-killers and also give you the "feel good" feeling.

But bottom line is the reason why I don't train is because I am lazy and don't really like to run.

The same can happen in our walk with God. If we are lazy and love other things around us (like WOW) more than God, then we will not endure.

Father God, remove other things around me that take away attention from you. Help me love You more and more each day so that enduring will be a delight to me.