Thirty-seven years ago, at the age of 37, I competed in a 3200 mile bicycle race across the United States and didn't understand at the time how much of that experience, and what I learned from it, would come back and be valuable in the years to follow. Much of my ministry activities the past 21 years have involved being able to work long hours with minimal rest to help people find solutions to financial, medical and emotional issues which were impacting them. Endurance was the key.
For our 7years here in Arkansas at The Great Passion Play, weather and enduring hot and humid conditions for long hours at a time are a fact of life, and what I am called to endure as I teach and accomplish the chores associated with the Play, The Holy Land and normal daily maintenance duties. Once again endurance, proper nutrition and hydration are crucial and things I learned from bicycle training and racing. Who would have imagined that all those hours on the bike, in all types of weather conditions, would prove so valuable once again? Could I have orchestrated or anticipated all these situations and how one would relate to the next? I couldn't, but God could........and did.
Thank You, Lord, for fitting the pieces together and for being with us in every moment of this journey. A purpose for everything and everything for a purpose....... bringing glory to You. Thank You, Lord.
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AND, add in a new house, absences at the Tabernacle, and the hot weather - take care of yourself. I started work part-time at a friend's blueprint business. His employee suddenly passed away and he was in a bind. Computers, printers, plotters, and scanners - lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteY'all be careful - Bill and Susan