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God speaks in the weirdest places....
so i got this vision/analogy thing from God. it was like this, kind of weird since i dont really do basketball but just go with it:
so, i'm at basketball pracitce. I'm not the type of person that runs for the sake of running, and so whenever we do sprints or start running at basketball practice i'll twist my ankle on purpose. not a serious injury, but enough to get me out of running.
after this goes on a ways into the season the coach tells me that if it happens again he's going to sit me out the next game.
you'd think that that would be enough to stop me from twisting my ankle, and i seriously consider not twisting it this time.... oh ..... but i do anyway.
so, after practice, coach sits me down, takes a look at my ankle, and says in a loving way, "i know what you're doing. you're only hurting yourself by not running. and you're affecting your whole team too, by not playing."
i think about this and say, "well coach, i guess i'm just not the type of person who likes to run at all."
he says, still in a loving way, "thats understandable. i never liked running for the sake of running either, but i did like running for the sake of winning."
i'd like to tell you that this is the end of the story, because come on, what a great quote to end on.
but no, there's more. so, i comtemplate this and it occurs to me that winning, oddly enough, doesn't seem like enough motivation to run. (remember, this is an analogy thing, i think winning would be enough motivation for me personally lol) so i say to my coach, "running for the sake of winning isn't good enough. winning doesn't matter to me."
then coach says, "but seeing you win means the world to me."
i think that's it. so, if you've been feeling a little low, a little dry, a little discouraged as i have been feeling, take what you can out of this. don't run for the sake of running. run for the sake of winning, and if that isn't enough, remember that the Father is watching every game, every race, every match and every battle in our lives.
and when we win, when we triumph, when we overcome, it means everything to Him. Everything.
so i got this vision/analogy thing from God. it was like this, kind of weird since i dont really do basketball but just go with it:
so, i'm at basketball pracitce. I'm not the type of person that runs for the sake of running, and so whenever we do sprints or start running at basketball practice i'll twist my ankle on purpose. not a serious injury, but enough to get me out of running.
after this goes on a ways into the season the coach tells me that if it happens again he's going to sit me out the next game.
you'd think that that would be enough to stop me from twisting my ankle, and i seriously consider not twisting it this time.... oh ..... but i do anyway.
so, after practice, coach sits me down, takes a look at my ankle, and says in a loving way, "i know what you're doing. you're only hurting yourself by not running. and you're affecting your whole team too, by not playing."
i think about this and say, "well coach, i guess i'm just not the type of person who likes to run at all."
he says, still in a loving way, "thats understandable. i never liked running for the sake of running either, but i did like running for the sake of winning."
i'd like to tell you that this is the end of the story, because come on, what a great quote to end on.
but no, there's more. so, i comtemplate this and it occurs to me that winning, oddly enough, doesn't seem like enough motivation to run. (remember, this is an analogy thing, i think winning would be enough motivation for me personally lol) so i say to my coach, "running for the sake of winning isn't good enough. winning doesn't matter to me."
then coach says, "but seeing you win means the world to me."
i think that's it. so, if you've been feeling a little low, a little dry, a little discouraged as i have been feeling, take what you can out of this. don't run for the sake of running. run for the sake of winning, and if that isn't enough, remember that the Father is watching every game, every race, every match and every battle in our lives.
and when we win, when we triumph, when we overcome, it means everything to Him. Everything.