Are you running the race?

Are you running the race that the writer of Hebrews talked about? The one we are inspired to run because we run in the presence of so great a cloud of witnesses? The race that is before us each and every day? The race we run with perseverence because we know God is at our side?

A writer has shared this prayer:
Holy are you, Shepherd of all people,
and blessed is Jesus Christ,
your sign of hope and grace.
Surrounded by all faithful,
he humbled himself,
coming to set the pace for us
in this race we call life.
Worthy of all glory and praise,
he disregarded human acclaim,
and died on the cross
that we might be given life.
Picking up sin and death,
and tossing them aside,
he cleared the way to you,
that we might enter your kingdom.
As we remember his death and resurrection,
as we look for signs of his life in our time...
may we be transfornmed
into signs of peace and hope
for our time. Amen.
(Shuman)