Labor Of Love

Our school was one of the sponsors of the Labor of Love Run which happened this morning.  About 500 people entered the one mile fun run and about 500 entered the 5 mile run.  I was entered in the five mile run.

The Labor Of Love Run happens every year on Labor Day, the first Monday of September.  The money raised through the entry money everyone pays goes to help ladies who are pregnant and are having a difficult time while they are pregnant.  It encourages these ladies to be able to have their babies and either bring them home to live with them or let some nice family adopt the babies.  It's a very good idea!

The five mile run was not very fun; because I am not in very good shape, and I ran very slow.  But I decided to jump in on the one mile fun run, and that was very fun.  Cuz' guess why?  I ran into Gabe and Jack and Julian.  They were running too!  Julian was running with his mom, so Gabe and Jack and I got to run together.  It was fun, because why?  Because we got to run together and talk and encourage each other to keep going.

During the five mile run I was by myself most the time - no fun.  This got me to thinkin'!  Going through hard things is always easier when we go through them with others.  This is the purpose of the Church or what the Bible calls "the Body of Christ."  Proverbs 27:17 says, "as iron sharpens iron so one person sharpens another."  This means that we can help each other be all God intended us to be; we can help each other run the race of life well.  


Hebrews 3:13 says, "encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."  When we tell each other to keep going in our walk with Christ, it makes it more likely that we will continue to follow Him.  Our Christian life was meant to be lived together! 


Let's ask the Lord to help us: Dear Father in Heaven, thank you for reminding me that it's easier to keep going when I let others help me.  Thank you for the example of Gabe and Jack today, and how we helped each other to make it all the way to the finish.  Help all of us to remember to reach out to encourage each other as we draw closer to the day we will see You!  In Jesus' name, Amen.


Proud of you,
Pastor Wilson