"A member of her bishopric is training for a triathalon, and had been training for each leg of the race seperately. He had spent hours upon hours swimming, riding his bike, and running, but at no time had he ever put them all to together in full race length.(Which happens to be a mile swim, a 26 mile bike ride and a 6 mile run.) He decided, since the race was coming up quickly that he needed to focus on putting the events together. Having completed a triathalon, I understand that very well!! So on a saturday, he began his race. During the swim and the bike, he felt great, but as he started to run, he knew he was in trouble. His legs ached, he couldn't breathe, his body was weary!. Half way through the run he didn't know if he was going to make it back to the car. He said a fervent prayer, praying the lord would help him finish this strong as this was his goal. Soon after he had to stop running entirely and literally drag himself back to the car. Eventually he made it back. During the walk, he was a little upset. He had prayed in faith, why wasn't he able to finish this the way he wanted to? It was his goal to do this, why had the Lord not blessed him?
As he got back to the car though, he realized just how much the Lord blessed him. Sometimes, in the race of life, we get to run, sometimes jog, and oftentimes, we walk. We learn and things happen at different speeds in our life, and it is dependent on what the Lord needs to teach us. The most needful thing for this man, was that he return to the car, and the Lord made it possible for him to return to his car. Right then, he didn't need to be running and no matter what, the Lord always blesses us with that that is most needful. There are things He needs to accomplish with us and sometimes, we can only learn those things at a walking, rather than running pace, as much as we would like to run."
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