現在不要停！
作者：曼迪-伍德豪斯 MANDY WOODHOUSE
來源：以利亞名單
日期：2022.12.12
翻譯：Kate
轉載/轉寄 請註明出處：國度禱告網

這是對某些人的鼓勵。

幾年前，當我第一次跑5公里的時候，在快結束的時候，我來到了一個地方，我想完全停止跑步。我在一開始就向自己承諾，無論如何，我都不會走任何一段路。即使是緩慢地、小跑著到達終點--即使我絕對是最後一名--我也要完成。

離終點還有200米時，我準備放棄。我在心裡為自己的行為辯解。至少我報名了，我想。至少我幾乎跑完了所有的路程。我的腿很疼... 這實在是太難了！我無法呼吸......。我不能呼吸了......也許為了我自己的健康，我需要停下來。

推辭，推辭，推辭。

我了不起的丈夫已經完成了比賽，就在我準備走完剩下的路程時，他來找到了我，他把我推到了終點。他真的和我一起小跑了最後200米，直到我衝過終點線，我的表兄弟們在那裡等著我，就像一大群證人在為我加油。我永遠不會忘記那種成就感和喜悅的感覺 這很痛苦，但我完成了，而且至今我沒有任何遺憾。

也許你們中的一些人目前正在感受自己比賽最後幾百米的痛苦和挑戰。我可以鼓勵你們... 繼續走下去。在過去的幾天裡，我自己也有好幾次想放棄，然而我知道，後悔的痛苦比進步的痛苦更可怕。

如果祂叫你好好完成，祂會給你恩典，讓你好好完成。只要靠在一起，保持順從就好。

因此，讓我像我了不起的丈夫一樣，在終點線前的幾百米處迎接你。你可以做到這一點。透過基督，我們可以做任何事情（腓立比書4:13）。不要停止你的比賽！好好完成，完成的獎勵將使你的靈魂得到極大的愉悅。

"那美好的仗我已經打過了，當跑的路我已經跑盡了，所信的道我已經守住了。"（提摩太後書4:7）

DON'T STOP NOW!
MANDY WOODHOUSE, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

This is an encouragement for someone.

Years ago, when I ran my first ever 5k, I came to a place towards the end where I wanted to stop running completely. I had made a promise to myself at the beginning that, no matter what, I wouldn't walk ANY of it. Even if it was a slow, trotting jog to the finish line - even if I finished absolutely last - I was going to indeed FINISH.

200 meters until the finish and I was ready to quit. I justified it in my mind: At least I signed up, I thought. At least I ran almost all of it. My legs hurt... It's just too hard! I can't breathe...maybe I need to stop for my own health."

Excuses, excuses, excuses.

My amazing husband, who had already finished the race, came and found me just as I was about to walk the rest of it, and he pushed me to finish. He literally trotted the last 200 meters with me until I crossed the finish line where my cousins were waiting for me like a great cloud of witnesses cheering me on. I will never forget that feeling of accomplishment and delight! It was painful, but I FINISHED, and I have zero regrets to this day.

Maybe some of you are currently feeling the pain and challenge of the last few hundred meters of your own race. Can I encourage you... KEEP GOING. I have wanted to give up quite a few times myself in the past few days, and yet I know that the PAIN OF REGRET is way worse than the pain of progress.

If He called you to finish well, He will give you the grace to do it well. Just lean in and stay OBEDIENT.

So let me be like my amazing husband and meet you those couple hundred meters before the finish line. YOU CAN DO THIS. Through Christ, we can do anything (Philippians 4:13). DON'T STOP YOUR RACE! Finish well, and the reward of completion will be a great delight to your soul.

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful." (2 Timothy 4:7)