Aug
19
Olympic Dreams & Nightmares
August 19, 2008 |
Every Olympics has them - the stories of dreams and nightmares. Today brought three of them.
This is the dream come true from U.S. freestyle wrestler, Henry Cejudo.
This is the nightmare for U.S. hurdler Lolo Jones and 400M Sanya Richards.
All three went through life experiences worthy of wearing the gold - only one actually did (although Richards did win one in Athens).
I may never know how God decides on the medals - the fulfillment of one’s life dream. But He does - in the lives of athletes and in our lives too. It’s up to us to trust and believe, and to remember that sometimes he just wants us to put in the effort worthy of a medal, even if we never wear it around our necks.
Whatever you do tomorrow, put in the effort of an Olympic champion. It’s what we’re expected to do.
