Sunday, January 08, 2006
Though fifteen-year-old Shannon Miller won several silver medals in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she returned home disappointed; she had not won a single gold medal. Four years later, however, at the age of nineteen, Shannon captured two gold medals in Atlanta for her effort in the team gymnastics competition and for her performance on the balance beam. A few days after her thrilling victory on the balance beam, she was asked by a television reporter how hard it had been to keep practicing and working in the years between the Olympics. Shannon shrugged in response to the question and answered that she loved gymnastics, and because she loved it so much, it hadn’t been torture to toil and train for the Olympics. The work that might have looked hard and unpleasant to someone else was not so hard for Shannon because of her love for the sport. It's kinda the same with obeying God’s commands. People who don't know God or His Son Jesus often look at the commands He has given to His people and think, "'Thou shalt not this' and 'Thou shalt not that!' There are too many 'Thou shalt nots!'" They may say, "I don’t see how you Christians can stand all the rules and stuff you have to obey. That’s too hard for me." Or they may say, "I could never keep all those commands." But such thoughts and statements show that they don’t really understand how the Christian life works. Like Shannon Miller, who trained hard because of her love for gymnastics, Christians obey God’s commands because of their love for God. God's commands are not burdensome to His children. It's not torture to obey Him. It's not even difficult for those who rely on the Holy Spirit's power, because the Spirit does all the work--we just have to trust Him moment by moment.
I couldn't agree more! To others my research project may seem crazy and really impossible, but to me, I enjoy every moment of it. Although I may complain at times, the love for it will never weigh me down. The same for my Christian walk, to others they might wonder whether I ever have something called temper, well I do but I must say my tolerance level is very high so the probability of me ever losing my temper is extremely low. Ok no link. My point is to obey someone you must first love the person, to do something well, you must first love what you are doing. ;)
Just wanna thank God for my results. Thanks for everything you have placed in my life.
