[who i am, hates who i've been...]

do you ever get that lethargic feeling that you just aren't doing enough? that you're not reaching enough people, that you're not touching enough lives? you know, the one that says six months ago you were a better person. why can't you go back to that person?

maybe six months ago you were doing some incredible things for God, but somewhere along the road of life, you slowed down, you settled into a rhythm. but your heart yearns for more. you want to let the top down and let the wind sail through your hair; you want a highway where there's little traffic so you can feed a little more gas into your engine...

yeah, that would be nice. you're afraid of slowing down any further because you don't want the race to be over, but you're afraid of speeding up again because your body just won't make it to the finish line...

i know that feeling. i hate it.

the only way to break out of it is to break out of it. kind of deep, i know... let me rephrase it. it is easier to act your way into believing than it is to believe yourself into acting.

makes more sense? good.

brothers and sisters, what we don't see is that six months ago we may have been more attuned to the people in our paths but we don't exactly know who we are touching right now, in this moment.

they will know we are christians by more than our t-shirts, our bumper-stickers, our cd collections and our libraries. the will know we are christians by our love. and not necessarily our love for people we don't know. it's easy to love on someone you've never met before. it's a bit harder when they're your roommates or your family or people you see every day. it's the ones who we rub shoulders with everyday, even if our shoulders get a bit raw, that we are called to love. and when people see that, they will know that we stand out.

i am continuously running. and the prize i run for is greater than any medal given out at the olympics. it's greater than any accolade of man; it is the high calling of Christ Jesus. it is for this reason i run: to bring the knowledge of His sovereign glory to the world. not simply to "my world" or "the business world" or even to "the western world;" but to the whole world.