Better than a Gold Medal

Words of Hope
By Pastor Dave Gemmell

August 16, 2008

As I watch the Olympics from year to year I sometimes fantasize about being a member of the US Olympic team. I imagine myself on the swim team, cycling team, or maybe rhythmic gymnastics (ha!) What about you? What event would you sign up for?

I got a reality check at the end of the last Olympics when the chairman “invited young athletes from all over the world to gather again in Beijing ”.. Somehow I don’t think that I could be considered a young person (even though I sometimes act immature) and certainly not much of an athlete (unless deleting spam on my email counts as an Olympic sport).

Yet in something far more important than the Olympics, Paul in I Corinthians 9:25 invites all of us, young and old, athletic or klutzy, to go into strict training, not to “get a crown that fades, but to get a crown that will last forever.” Let the cosmic games begin