Fauja Singh is an incredible man! Well, an incredibly old man, that is. At age 100—yes, one hundred!—he recently became the oldest person to complete a marathon. It took this Indian-born Briton 8 hr 11 min 5.9 sec to finish the race in Toronto last Sunday. Well, there is more to this incredible man. This last Sunday’s marathon was actually his eighth—yes, eighth—marathon. And, by the way in case I forgot to mention: He ran his first marathon at age 89—yes, eighty nine!(Tidak ada terjemahan dalam bahasa Indonesia)
Fauja Singh is an incredible man! Well, an incredibly old man, that is. At age 100—yes, one hundred!—he recently became the oldest person to complete a marathon. It took this Indian-born Briton 8 hr 11 min 5.9 sec to finish the race in Toronto last Sunday. Well, there is more to this incredible man. This last Sunday’s marathon was actually his eighth—yes, eighth—marathon. And, by the way in case I forgot to mention: He ran his first marathon at age 89—yes, eighty nine!
Perhaps like I, you, too, are wondering what makes him do all these runnings at this sunset age. Well, there lies the point of contention. We consider him too old to run a marathon—or to run, period!—but he himself does not think that he is old. Please listen to what he said, “The first thing is to get rid of this notion that you are old.”
Perhaps like I, you, too, are smiling reading this rather radical piece of advice. But, perhaps, like I, you, too, are saying, “Well, the man has a point!” Yes, I do think the man has a point and the point is that age should not dictate who we are. We should dictate who we are. If we think we are too old for anything, we’ll be too old for anything.
Our church is replete with septuagenarians and octogenarians—those in the 70s and 80s. But, if you think that this is a church full of old people, well, you are definitely not seeing it right. This church is full with young people—people who still think that they are young enough to do almost anything!
Today we are celebrating our 31st-anniversary. That puts all of you in the 30-years age bracket. And, our Lord Jesus still has a lot of things to say to us AND to do through us. After all we just turned 31 today! So, happy birthday, young fellows!
Pastor Paul
Perhaps like I, you, too, are wondering what makes him do all these runnings at this sunset age. Well, there lies the point of contention. We consider him too old to run a marathon—or to run, period!—but he himself does not think that he is old. Please listen to what he said, “The first thing is to get rid of this notion that you are old.”
Perhaps like I, you, too, are smiling reading this rather radical piece of advice. But, perhaps, like I, you, too, are saying, “Well, the man has a point!” Yes, I do think the man has a point and the point is that age should not dictate who we are. We should dictate who we are. If we think we are too old for anything, we’ll be too old for anything.
Our church is replete with septuagenarians and octogenarians—those in the 70s and 80s. But, if you think that this is a church full of old people, well, you are definitely not seeing it right. This church is full with young people—people who still think that they are young enough to do almost anything!
Today we are celebrating our 31st-anniversary. That puts all of you in the 30-years age bracket. And, our Lord Jesus still has a lot of things to say to us AND to do through us. After all we just turned 31 today! So, happy birthday, young fellows!
Pastor Paul