RUN TO THE END
During the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona we saw hundreds of athletes awarded for their excellence. One of the most memorable scenes, however, was not an athlete who finished first, but last. Derek Redmond, a sprinter from Britain, was running in the men’s 400 meter semifinals when his hamstring popped and he fell to the ground in pain. He didn’t stay on the ground, however, but got up and began hopping toward the finish line. Before long a man came out to join him offering consolation and support. The man was Jim Redmond, Dered’s father, who had sacrificed much to get his son to the games. Together, father and son walked across the finish line five minutes later with sixty thousand people giving them a standing ovation. Later Derek commented, “I wasn’t going to let an injury keep me from finishing.” At the end of his life the aged apostle Paul wrote, “I have fought the good fight, I have…
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