Faith and Works
I started track & field in 6th grade and I have grown to love the sport. Not for one particular reason, but multiple reasons such as the practices, the team, the meets, and especially, to me, the competitiveness. One inspiring word of advice that my coach has told my team is that there are people out there who wish they could run or even just move their legs, making the point that we do not have to run these workouts, we get to run these workouts and we should be grateful for that every time we run. I have learned a lot throughout my years of running track, from coaches, teammates, and even my competitors. They have taught me that every race is not won in a day. Instead, races are won by practicing on days that are below freezing, the days when my legs are sore, or when I just don’t want to. Those wins are proof of the work that I did on those hard days. This reminds me of James 2:17-18 which says “So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But s...