There’s this workout program going
around the J Squad called Insanity. The drill sergeant – Shaun-T –
has this mantra that he says whenever we small people are getting
tired and laying on the floor. It’s “Dig Deeper”. It means that
we need to breathe deeper, work harder, and find the strength inside
us to continue. It doesn’t always work; in fact, it mostly doesn’t as
we are in 90+ degree heat and have no way to add extra protein or
anything else into our diet. Chelsea and I both have experienced
light-headedness and other things that have made us re-think our
daily workout commitment for this month, but that’s beside the point.
I was thinking the other day, though,
that we’re 10+ months into this Race and we only have a few short
weeks left. We are having to fight through each day when we feel
weak, exhausted and ready to go home, and it came to me that we
really have to “dig deeper” into our faith and the reasons we’re
here and press on. We have a strength inside us – the Holy Spirit –
that none can match. We really do have the strength, and with Him we
can do anything. It doesn’t matter that we get up early each morning
and then are out until after 12. It doesn’t matter whether or not we
really love what we’re doing. What matters is that we are here
because God has called us to be and if we allow Him, He will give us
the strength to make it to the end. We literally have days left.
Let’s push into the sprint at the end of the race and give it all
we’ve got and more. Let’s “DIG DEEPER” and finish this Race well!
