This Post is NOT about Home Making

(Warning: 

This post has nothing to do with anything remotely related to decorating

or makeovers or food or home staging or slipcovers.

Please turn back now if you get queasy at the sight of mud

Southern red clay).

For those of you still here, you brave souls,

I wanted you to share in an accomplishment

that happened in our family this week.

I was so inspired this past weekend by something my husband

and 3 other friends from work, did as a team of 4.

100's of other men and women, in teams of 4 people,

here in Greenville, SC

also took part.

They participated in a 4 mile mud run to raise money for Goodwill,

my favorite store!

When the race was all over, and everyone on Mark's team

had washed the mud out of places we don't talk about,

I got to look through the pictures.

Here's what I learned from them:

We all start at the same place.

Some of us are more willing to jump right in and lead the way.

It doesn't matter who goes first.

In this thing called "life", we are all gonna get dirty.

There's no avoiding difficulties, barriers and obstacles.

But, you can get over the first difficulty, 

and get back up and keep going.

And just when you think the trail is even

another trial comes along.

But you have already done this and survived

and you can climb out the other side

just like you did before.

And we don't run this race alone,

We are given friends who support us.

Friends who lift us up when we can't quite make it by ourselves.

And because we remember how inspired we felt 

when someone supported us

We can return the favor when it's their turn to climb.

And once you've reached a pinnacle,
 you can again regain sight 

of where you were headed in the first place.

Others have finished the race ahead of you.

Let that inspire you.

Because we all can get there.

If we don't give up.

When it finally hits us

that we have accomplished our goal

that we have persevered

that we didn't quit

and with each step we took

we did it together,

we can celebrate

when we get to the finish line.

Hold fast to the word of life,

so that when Jesus comes,

you will be proud that

you did not run this race for nothing.

Phillipians 2:16

(Back to our "normal" posts tomorrow, maybe).