60+ Miles

Wow! That sounds like a LONG way! I rode 20 miles this morning prepping for this Thursday's 60+ mile ride to benefit Habitat for Humanity. (Check out the previous post for a link to pledge support.) The course is quite challenging with many bumps, curves and hills, but my goal is to endure and go the distance.

Sounds a bit like life doesn't it; bumps, curves and hills? Some days we are on a smooth downhill run, but other days everything seems like a hard, bumpy, uphill climb. If you are on the uphill climb today as a Christian, here are a few words of encouragement from God's Word.

Hebrews 12:1-3 says: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart."

Just one more, from Galatians 6:9, "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

Let's keep looking to Jesus and go the distance!