It’s finally here.
The Little Rock Marathon is Sunday.
I’m stoked.
I ran Cross Country in high school, in more recent spurts here and there, but honestly haven’t run consistently since my Freshman year of college [1995].
So in January of last year, knowing I was about to launch into church planting and be in Little Rock for 10 months, I decided NOW was the time.
Now is the time to run a marathon.
It’s funny. We have these “bucket lists,” right? We say things like, “man, wouldn’t it be cool to do _________? I need to do that sometime. That would be awesome.”
Mostly we say it to ourselves. It’s like we are scared to even say it out loud because we know that we’ll never do it.
What is stopping us?
26 miles just sounds impossible.
How about 1 mile…tomorrow?
As I reflect back over the past 14 months or so, it’s really hasn’t been as difficult as I thought it would be to get here. It’s sounds so cliche, but it’s really just a matter of running one mile at a time.
The lives we live…is this the way it’s supposed to be?
I read through that ancient story that opens the pages of Genesis. The universe is a blank canvas and God creatively fills it…stars…planets…sun…moon..oceans…plants…animals.
Then he creates us…in his image.
We were given all of that…and this is how we live?
So go run a mile today. It won’t be long before your running marathons.
But don’t stop there.
Oh, I got one more on my list. I’ll say this one out loud.
“Man, wouldn’t it be cool to transform a city? We need to do that sometime. That would be awesome.“
Tomorrow we can start by planting a church.
