Live Courageously!
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007![A friend of mine (Brian Evans) in the Chicago Marathon \](http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6501/2011/247/z/734636/gse_multipart62086.jpg "A friend of mine (Brian Evans) in the Chicago Marathon \")
In 1993, before the NCAA II Cross-Country championship in Riverside, CA, 128 runners had reviewed the course and were now running the 6.2 miles of the race. At about the three mile mark, the lead runner made a wrong turn and Mike Delcavo of Western State College in Gunnison, CO noticed the mistake. He called to the other runners and was only able to convince 5 of them to join him on the correct route. The correct route was 3/4 of a mile longer than the route that the majority of the runners took and by the time the routes merged, the six runners were in last place. Delcavo, was the first of the six to cross the finish line, but was 6 minutes behind the other group. After the race, the officials declared the abbreviated route to be official route and Delcavo was given 103rd place even though he was the first to finish the original course. 1
Sometimes, living courageously means doing the right thing even though you may receive little recognition. Paul admonishes the church at Ephesus to “no longer live as the Gentiles do.” We are to follow a path that often has little reward in this life. But we follow this path because it is right, not because it is popular.
Join us as we explore the last half of Ephesians 4 during the month of September.
- “Courageous Thinking” (Ephesians 4:17-24)
- “Courageous Living” (Ephesians 4:25-30)
- “Courageous Forgiveness (Ephesians 4:31-32)
(Pictured is my friend Brian Evans in the Chicago Marathon this year.)
