FINISH THE RACE
Paris was the site of the Winter Olympics in 1924. Finland was in the lead of the team cross-country race with two skiers already having completed the course and needing only one more man to cross the finish line. Their man, Liimatainen, was headed for the finish line, but the wear of the long, hard trek in this grueling race had taken its toll on him. He came within thirty meters of his goal. Disoriented and exhausted, he turned and started back away from the finish line. The crowd began to scream as they saw him staggering in the wrong direction. He stopped. Regaining his sense of direction, he turned and finished the race in victory. “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” Hebrews 12:1 Adapted from…
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