Friday, January 23, 2004
Friday, January 23, 2004
All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who
keep his covenant and his decrees.
(Psalm 25.10
NRSV)
It's like a race car driver Georgette McMahon. She's from Charlotte, North Carolina, who hopes to go where few women have gone before: to the winner's circle at a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) event. McMahon emblazons her race cars with the words "God is awesome." The story behind her slogan is interesting.
Georgette started racing when she was 11, spinning dirt on go-kart tracks in her native Florida. Her father, Buck Wright, didn't know where he'd get the $500 to buy that first go-kart for his spunky daughter. So, to earn extra money, he cut and sold cypress. One day while he was in the swamp, he discovered a palm tree that had circled itself and grown up through a knot. He dug it up and made a call to the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum. They bought the unusual tree for, believe it or not, $500. The next racing season McMahon took home the championship trophy, and she's been blazing new territory ever since, graduating from go-karts to mini-stocks and then to late-model stock cars.
Georgette McMahon believes God's hand was at work in her father finding that unusual palm tree. Thus her motto: "God is awesome." Maybe Georgette's belief that God is with her has something to do with her success on the track. If you believe that "Somebody up there likes you," you are apt to have more confidence, more determination, more endurance. If you believe that God has a purpose for your life, you are more apt to look for ways to turn obstacles into opportunities.
Lord Jesus, help me to turn my failures into faithfulness. Amen.
