A reminder from Paul and Pheidippides

No long post today, just a simple thought that I had and wanted to share… The term marathon is dated to 1896, stemming from story of Greek hero Pheidippides, who ran just over 26 miles to Athens from the Plains of Marathon to tell of the allied Greek victory there over Persian army, 490 B.C.E. 

We too are called to be running a race by the Apostle Paul in fact throughout the book of Hebrews we see many references to those who endure or finish to the end. Paul in 1 Timothy 4:7 says:

 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 

I am reminded of all this as the team from Bethel Baptist in Lakeland is here picking up on the next phase of a project that was started two years ago and with any luck will be done in the not too distant future but, I am reminded that we are not in a sprint to the finish but in a long distance marathon some of whom take over 100 years to run their leg of it. No matter how long we have to run how we finish is just as important as how we run the race. We need to remember that always. Keep the faith!