I hope the people who publish daily devotions for God's Daily promises don't slap me with a lawsuit for plagiarism, I just can't help it, but most of their adaptations are irresistible, I have to share them undistorted.

"The real work On October 20, 1968, a dramatic moment took place at the Mexico City Olympics. A few thousand spectators remained in the almost-dark Olympic Stadium awaiting one last runner. Finally the wail of police sirens ripped the air. As all eyes turned to the gate, a lone runner wearing the colors of Tanzania staggered into the stadium. John Stephen Akhwari was the last contestant to finish the 26-mile contest. He had injured his leg in a fall and entered the track bloodied and crudely bandaged. While he hobbled the final, lonely lap, spectators rose and applauded him as if he had won. After the race, someone asked him why he had refused to quit. "My country did not send me 7,000 miles to start the race," he replied simply. "They sent me 7,000 miles to finish it." To help us achieve a strong finish in our race of faith, Jesus Christ promised that "Whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God." You too can finish the race well by eagerly confessing Christ before others".
Adapted from Breakfast with Jesus by Greg Laurie (Tyndale House), pp 257-59 (godsdailypromises@leftbehindprophecy.com)

The one thing I now know better is that, we can dream, we can have ambition but the real challenge is in always accomplishing and getting to the finish line. The story of my life: today, I am working for corporate America, the last place I expected myself to be this year. Its been two weeks of learning stuff I never even cared about, thought about, why on earth would I need to know how to configure computers or servers or all that IT business, I would be crazy, but you know, I just discovered how little I know. Am not speaking in parables, all am saying is that, I have learnt that the opportunity given to me is to grow me, how on earth would I be able to come up with solutions to people's questions if I did not learn how to first get into the same page with them? How would I be of help if I did not know how to look through the available resources and make recommendations?
I may not know where the road to life leads me, but the one thing I know today is that I must run the good race and cross the finish line. Just like Akwhari, I did not come so far to not finish "the race"!