Hurdles

I haven't felt anything very inspiring, or interesting to post about.  Tonight I was looking for a little motivation so I opted to listen to my favorite Bob Lloyd class from Hanover in 2006.  He made a fabulous point in the class that always makes me smile and get me thinking.  So I thought I would just share it with you.  (I am paraphrasing what he said by the way)

Everybody was excited because it was time for the olympics.  Everybody gets excited about the olympics.  All the countries are there.  Imagine you are in the stands to watch the track and field.  It finally came time for the high hurdles race.  So they all get lined up at the starting line.  The US hurdle running gets in his starting position and looks down his lane.  There weren't any hurdles in his lane! So he was getting all nervous and trying to get the starters attention to tell them that there weren't any hurdles in his lane.  The race was to jump the hurdles and he'd be disqualified if he didn't jump any hurdles.  So they have to get people out to set up the hurdles, he wants to jump the hurdles, so he can run and overcome them and win the gold.

But when we look at our own lives we look at our troubles and get so upset by them.  So be thankful for the hurdles that God gives you to jump over cause you can't win without them.