GOALS
Xi Jimping, China's President and General Secretary of the Communist Party, is going to seriously ramp up communist youth indoctrination in China. The communists are concerned about their youth forgetting "the blood of the revolutionary martyrs." Vladimir Putin is bringing back Soviet-style youth festivals for a similar reason. Mark Zuckerberg has set a goal of one billion Facebook virtual reality users. I think that Steve Bannon has a goal for the 2018 elections.
I have a goal also. I finished second to the last in a marathon of thousands of runners back in the 80s. It would have been nice to finish and see at least a few others coming in after me but I could not even see whoever that one person was behind me. I tell the story of this marathon occasionally.....of the EMT that rushed out to see if I was OK....and of the mounted police officer who barked at me to hurry up so he could go home. Oh...one more anecdote....an elderly couple waddled across the finish line before me. I had a burst of energy at the end and could have passed them but thought the crowd would boo me....instead they just ignored me and cheered the elderly couple.
I will never forget that marathon though, for I expect it to be my Christian race. I may come in last...but He has promised that I will finish....and there will be a crowd.....cheering me. You will finish before me.....cheering me also. The only downside in this scenario is that I won't have anyone to cheer on. So I'll cheer you on here. At times it will be an effort to put one foot out after another.....but every step is closer to the finish line. This is a team race. The goal is that every member of the team finishes. Indeed, every person chosen before the foundation of the world will finish! There is a crown awaiting you....and me. Press on!
Xi Jimping, China's President and General Secretary of the Communist Party, is going to seriously ramp up communist youth indoctrination in China. The communists are concerned about their youth forgetting "the blood of the revolutionary martyrs." Vladimir Putin is bringing back Soviet-style youth festivals for a similar reason. Mark Zuckerberg has set a goal of one billion Facebook virtual reality users. I think that Steve Bannon has a goal for the 2018 elections.
I have a goal also. I finished second to the last in a marathon of thousands of runners back in the 80s. It would have been nice to finish and see at least a few others coming in after me but I could not even see whoever that one person was behind me. I tell the story of this marathon occasionally.....of the EMT that rushed out to see if I was OK....and of the mounted police officer who barked at me to hurry up so he could go home. Oh...one more anecdote....an elderly couple waddled across the finish line before me. I had a burst of energy at the end and could have passed them but thought the crowd would boo me....instead they just ignored me and cheered the elderly couple.
I will never forget that marathon though, for I expect it to be my Christian race. I may come in last...but He has promised that I will finish....and there will be a crowd.....cheering me. You will finish before me.....cheering me also. The only downside in this scenario is that I won't have anyone to cheer on. So I'll cheer you on here. At times it will be an effort to put one foot out after another.....but every step is closer to the finish line. This is a team race. The goal is that every member of the team finishes. Indeed, every person chosen before the foundation of the world will finish! There is a crown awaiting you....and me. Press on!
