Today is Thursday, May 19th, 2005; Karen's Korner #549
This is a memorable week in the lives of school students and staff as we wind down the school year. Graduations, awards assemblies, celebrations, regional and state athletic meets finishing up the school year.
Last night, I had the privilege of attending our local school's baccalaureate and awards ceremony. The first award was given to this year's outstanding teacher who received the "Golden Apple" award. My walking partner, Margaret, received it. It was especially meaningful to me, because I had nominated her to receive it! Others must have agreed with my nomination, because the committee selected her! And the best part was that hundreds of people in last night's audience gave her a standing ovation for her extra-ordinary efforts as Clarion-Goldfield School's middle school guidance counselor. They, too, must have agreed with this year's choice.
A number of our high school students start today as entrants in this year's state girls and boys track meet. People will be on their feet cheering their favorite runners back to the finish line!
How many people have ever had a standing ovation? How many have had fans cheering on what you have done? What I have done? Very many??
Then I thought of these words in Hebrews 12:1, 2: "Since we have such a huge crowd of men (and women!) of faith watching us from the grandstands, let us strip off anything that slows us down or holds us back, and especially those sins that wrap themselves so tightly around our feet and trip us up; and let us run with patience the particular race that God has set before us."
So today, I want to visualize (and I want you to visualize) lots of people giving us a standing ovation, cheering us on to do whatever God wants us to do. Let's see ourselves being cheered on to victory as we head to the finish line.
We can do a lot with the "fans in the grandstands" cheering us on!!
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