“ Lighting CAN strike more than twice”

Now that Phelps is done swimming, is anyone watching Usain Bolt dominate the 100m & 200m? He already has the gold medal for the 100m, and is hoping to be the first since Carl Lewis back in 1984, to win gold in the 100m & 200m. The way this guy runs is just like the way Phelps swims, naturally amazing, but relaxed.

Those runners were clocking speeds close to 30 mph, but their faces looked so at ease. You could even see their bottom lips just hanging and bouncing as if they were falling asleep. I remember someone told me that they can actually run better when their bodies are relaxed as compared to rigid and stiff.

So many analogies can be drawn between athletics and the Christian faith, and this is no exception. Jesus often encouraged us to not worry. Not to worry about life; what we’ll eat, wear, or even say in the moments when we’re asked questions that we may not be confident to answer. For me, when I worry I get all tensed up, and when I chill, I’m relaxed. Now it’s not that Jesus was telling us to not care about anything, and just chill all the time, but to do the opposite of worry, which is to have faith.

So if these runners run better relaxed, maybe we should run our lives relaxed. And if you run your life relaxed, not worried all the time, maybe we can be as great as Usain Bolt...maybe lighting CAN strike more than twice.