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Halfway Home, Keep Running
LENT DAY 20 of 40, © NaimaLett.com/blog



Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, LA Marathon 2011 © All Rights Reserved – PHOTO Source

We’re halfway home, Fam!

Not as in the rehab facility for ex-cons…
But as in DAY 20 of our 40 day Lent.

How are you?
Hanging in there?

Marathon, Not a Sprint

Lent is more like a marathon than a sprint.

The 28th Annual L.A. Marathon kicks into gear next Sunday, March 17th. It “never” rains in Southern California, but 2 years ago, the LaLa was lit up and it rained allllll day. By the time runners came through the halfway point around Beverly Hills, you would’ve expected many of them to just sit down somewhere. But they didn’t. As you see above, on the famous Rodeo Drive, runners kept on running.

Soak and wet.
But they kept on running.

Keep Running

I don’t know what your obstacles have been, but be encouraged today, Fam. We can choose to keep running. Soak and wet. But we can keep running.

Obstacles, like storms, are expected. But we can keep on running right on through the downpours.

That’s what Paul did. When saying farewell to the elders of Ephesus, Paul explained in Acts 20:22-24, “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”

Paul understood that he was going to face some obstacles, even prison and hardships. But he determined to keep running and finish the race that he had been given.

Can We Get Some Runners?

Fam, can we run like this?
As our elders would’ve said, ‘Come hell or high water’, we’re gonna finish our race! LOL!

We may not be running in the L.A. Marathon, but we can make it on this fast through Easter! Actually, one of our brothers is running in the L.A. 5K, and will be able to relate to this post probably better than all of us. :=)

Let’s do this!
20 down. 20 to go!
Father, Your kingdom come,
Your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven…

See you at the finish line.
I’ll be the one dancing with a piece of cheesecake,
Naima

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