Preparing for Victory
Yesterday my younger daughter Gina completed the Philadelphia 10-Mile Broad Street Run. About 20,000 people participated in the race that started on North Broad Street and ended at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Gina had been preparing for this race for months. A seasoned runner, she's learned to pace her daily running to ensure optimum strength and speed. As a result, she finished the race with relative ease.
Writing is also a race. Not a race against other writers, but a race against one's previous writing success level. Just as Gina ran every day to develop the stamina that enabled her to finish the Philly 10-mile run, so can we, by writing every day, build the writing strength to finish the writing our Lord has called us to do.
The Apostle Paul describes life as a race. Let's run this writing race to win. Countless souls depend on our finishing strong.
And that's my "musing that matters" for today. What's yours? :)
Blessings,
MaryAnn
P.S. By the way, Gina is also a writer and applies the same winning principles to her writing. So can you! :)
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Comments
Thanks, MaryAnn, for your words of wisdom. I have not been writing very much these days. I keep getting sidetracked by other activities, one of which is checking e-mail too often. I am trying not to open too many "forwarded" messages. If we heed your advice and keep in mind the lost souls who need to hear the gospel message, that should motivate us to run our race with enthusiasm--all for God's glory.
I'm on that long stretch of road where I can't see the end yet. But you never know when the path will bend and that contract will be dead ahead!
We have to perservere.
I'm a runner in the group and also enjoy using the wisdom I have gleaned from the discipline of preparing for a race to writing. I find that the synergy I gain from running also helps my writing and vice versa. Although I'm committed to enjoying the run no matter how far along I am it is important to pace myself and take many water breaks. Reading these musings is always an encouraging water break that leaves me energized to write some more.
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Thanks for this great advice for pacing and training for our writing, maryann. My daughter-in-law just ran her first marathon last month. My son has also run one before. It took a lot of training and time and effort, just as it does for us to reach our goals. Your posts are part of my training, so thanks, Coach!