COOL RUNNINGS

What is it, or who that inspires you? Have you ever thought about it? I mean really inspires you. Well, this week, I'm inspired. The Olympics are on and I'm hooked. I LOVE the Olympics. Summer and Winter...it doesn't matter. I love ALL of them. The ice skating, the snow boarding, the luge, the downhill and the BOBSLED! I'm so disappointed this year...the Jamaicans don't have a bobsled team! Cool Runnings didn't show! How can that be? It's not a Winter Olympics with out Cool Runnings! I'm inspired by Cool Runnings. Think about it...sun, sand, water, dirt, tans, flowers, runners and bobsled...who would ever think???? But JAMAICA did! I always root for the Jamaican team. They inspire me! This year...who will I root for? I'll have to look up the team furthest from one's mind to figure out who was crazy enough to put together a bobsled team from a country where sun, sand, tan and running is their logo.

Thinking about the Jamaicans, makes me think about us. I wonder if that is what God thinks when He chooses us to represent Him? Are we the Cool Runnings of God's team. Are we the least likely people others would expect Him to choose when they think of God's choices? His disciples were. It always leads me back to the phrase I have shared with others who question themselves when called by God for a task..."God doesn't call the equipped, but He equips the called." When God chooses us to represent Him, work for Him, love the way He loves and stand strong in Him, we ARE like the Jamaicans...usually the least likely suspects. But He's there rooting for us, urging us on, cheering for us and equipping us with the best equipment available...Himself.

Yes, I miss my Jamaican bobsled team this year. But I am thankful...I have the movie! I can get inspired by popping that DVD in. And, I am thankful to be God's Cool Running team!