Today is Monday, July 24th, 2006; Karen's Korner #851

Thanks to so many of you who congratulated me or commented on my 100 meter dash at the Iowa Games last weekend.
 
Now since I have run a short distance in one track meet, does that make me a 'runner'?
 
I hadn't run before that time.
 
If someone would have asked, I probably would have said, "I don't run!"
 
I wonder how often we label ourselves prematurely.
 
"I can't sing!"
 
"I am no teacher!"
 
Might be our response, when we are asked to sing in our church choir or lead a group of some sort.
 
Is it that we truly can't or don't? Or that we have never tried it yet?
 
Sometimes the church choir needs another voice; not someone ready for the concert circuit.
 
Sometimes the kids need a leader; not someone who will be nominated for "Teacher of the Year".
 
Maybe, just maybe, we are more talented and capable than we think. Maybe we just haven't tapped into a new talent yet.
 
Even if we are 60........and have never run in a race before!
 
We can turn into runners, teachers, singers.........and a host of other things!!
 
After all the Bible says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!" (Philippians 4:13)
 
Hard telling what all that might include!

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