Do You Have The Heart

A story is told of a little 10-year-old girl named Sarah. What made Sarah special is that she was born with a muscle missing in her foot and wears a brace all the time.

She came home one beautiful spring day to tell her dad that she had competed in "field day" - that's where they have lots of races and other competitive events. Because of her leg support, her father's mind raced as he tried to think of encouragement for his Sarah, things he could say to her about not letting this get her down - but before he could get a word out, she said, "Daddy, I won two of the races!" He couldn't believe it! And then Sarah said, "I had an advantage." Ahh, he knew it. He thought she must have been given a head start . . . some kind of physical advantage.

But again, before he could say anything, she said, "Daddy, I didn't get a head start . . . my advantage was I had to try harder!" That's heart!

We all have disabilities, but maybe not the physical kind. They hinder us from running the race that God has challenged us to run. Instead of feeling sorry for ourselves, maybe we could learn from Sarah and just try harder. The victory is ours - if only we run the race the best we can. Run for God!

Sid