Training Day

Training Day
I have been watching the winter Olympics this week and have really been enjoying all the events. Lori and I were on the edge of our seats as Apollo Ohno took second place in the short track. Then there was Kearney Hannah who took first place in the ladies moguls as the last person to ski in the event. In total as of today there have been 6 gold medals won by the US. What an exciting time for all the competitors, families, friends, and Fans. Speaking of gold it took until day three of their third time hosting the Winter Olympic Games, but Canada has finally won home gold. Bilodeau Alexandre a Canadian moguls competitor won the first gold medal for Canada that has every been won on their home turf. The Canadian fans roared with excitement as his points came across the screen.
Amongst all the images following Bilodeau’s win, one stood out in my mind. That was the image of Bilodeau’s older brother Fredric.
Fredric suffers from cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. When his little brother won Olympic gold, Frederic cheered and screamed madly from his wheelchair behind the fence near the bottom of the course.
The joy and pride on Fredirc’s face was unmistakable. Alexandre says that Frederic is his idol and best friend.
This is a quote from Alexandre’s feelings about his brother and his disability that sum’s it all up, “It puts everything back into perspective. I’ve got that chance to train, and maybe one day will be an Olympic champion, and I’ll take it. Even if it’s raining, I’ll take it. I’ll go train. He doesn’t even have that chance, and he has a smile. Every morning he wakes up, and he’s got all the right to complain, and he never complains.…We can learn from those people.”
God has a plan for all of us doesn’t he.
Have you ever thought about how different your life would be if you were born in another country? What about in another town? Or even if you were born just 3 houses down, how much different would your life be? What if you had some type of physical disability, would you be able to wake up everyday with a smile on your face happy to be alive?
We have been given the blessing of knowing Jesus our savior. Some many times we take it for granted though. If it’s raining problems in our lives we use them as an excuse to turn our back on God. If things are not just how we planned we use them as an excuse to point fingers. Sometimes we have no excuse and still we are determined not to take what God has given us and train to be a better Christian.
Let’s count our blessings one by one and train to be better Christian’s today. Let’s take our blessings and share them so that all of us can receive God’s gold standing on his podium listening to him award us with “well done my good and faithful servant”.