Haters???

It never ceases to amaze me that people would want to rain on someone's parade. I was floored after reading Mark's post about the "runner snob" (who's also created in the image of God) and hearing Shelley's comments confirm that. What a sad existence she must lead! I would have looked on this boisterous, exuberant, determined group with awe because that they're undertaking something many of them have NEVER done before! Too bad she didn't get it.

A friend of ours asked to use my marathon training as an illustration in his sermon about encouragement/paracleits (apologies--my Greek is bad). The point he made was that we need to be encouraging to each other because sometimes, life gets hard--just like marathon training can be difficult sometimes. So, he made the parallel with MM & the church. It was a good sermon.

That's the most important thing I've learned from MM--to be more of an encourager. It's not easy when you're so used to insults & judgmental thinking. As the youth say (I feel so OLD when I talk like that) "Don't hate, congratulate!"