You may have heard that the world is scheduled to start ending tomorrow. I hope you are prepared, I also hope it doesn't interrupt the Nascar race. It would figure that my favorite driver, home town boy Carl Edwards, is leading in the points and won't be crowned champion because the world is going to end. He has really done well this year and I've enjoyed routing him on.
This might surprise you, but, we're in a race too. The apostle Paul, who wrote much of the New Testament, encourages us to run a good race and stay focused on the prize. I guess he knew there would be many distractions along the way that would steal our attention and slow us down, possibly knocking us off track altogether. The thing is, we aren't racing each other, we're racing ourselves, and it's not a quick race, but, a race of duration, more like a marathon. However, we will never know when the race will end until it's over. We have an allotment of time and only God knows how long that is, so, it's important to run a good race.
When we move to Miami to start a church for people that don't like church (presumably after the world ends) I hope to be focused on the prize and not let distractions knock us off course.
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