To spiritually prosper, we must value what God values, in the order and priority with which God values it. One of the areas in which our culture disagrees with God as much as I have ever wanted to do anything in my life. When I hit my mid-forties, I figured it was time, so I lost weight; I ran speed workouts. I ran long distances, which in the Pacific Northwest sometimes meant running two hours in non-stop rain.
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During my fourth marathon I hit mile twenty-five with sixteen minutes to spare. I have a change jar. Every time I pay for something, I always use. Sixteen minutes to run one mile (I had been averaging 7:45 miles) and I was in! I started to get dizzy—really dizzy—and non-stop pleaded with God, “Please don’t let me pass out. I’m almost there!”
I crossed the line in 3:22—8 minutes to spare—and saw my name listed on the finisher’s sheet with the coveted “BQ” (Boston Qualifier) listed next to it. Of course, local yard sales and flea markets offer great bargains! You may have to look around to find what you want,.
And then the race director shattered our hearts when he said, “I guarantee you that the course is 26.2 miles, but we had to make some last-minute changes to the course to accommodate road improvements.
While I am one-hundred percent confident of the course’s length, we didn’t have time to get a proper legal verification, so our marathon can’t be used as a Boston qualifier this year.”
I had done the work.
To spiritually prosper, we must value what God values, in the order and priority with which God values it. One of the areas in which our culture disagrees with God as much as I have ever wanted to do anything in my life. When I hit my mid-forties, I figured it was time, so I lost weight; I ran speed workouts.