Given 60 seconds,how many times can you jump on one foot?Just tell me a number.
Asked this question two weeks ago,I said 36 times.Not that I had tried the exercise before but in my imagination,36 was as precise as I could get.One of us said 120 I gave them this 'really?! so you think you can beat us all' look.
So the clock was set and we all started the exercise. On and on we jumped. Then the moderator shouted stop!She then asked how many we had done. I was at 74. Others were at 80 even 90.
As you would bet, we were all shocked that we had managed to do twice of what we had expected. Then came in the real shocker.The moderator had tricked us.She had actually stopped the clock at 30 seconds instead of 60.To mean, if we had gone the full minute,assuming I was jumping at the same pace, I would have done 148 jumps!!!
We all stood there shocked or lets say pleasantly surprised; but with a life lesson.That so often, we limit ourselves.We think we can only do so little, yet in us is great potential to do beyond.There is a kavoice within that says; 'Mwarray that's the furthest you can go.No further'.
Today, as I sat to reflect back on that lesson, it dawned on me that we are sometimes our worst jeerers.
I thought of encouraging you to go beyond the negating voice within or even without that tells you, 'you cannot make it' you cannot win' 'you can only go upto a given level' This day I urge you to rise above the voice in your head. Go forth and be all that God created you to be; believing that you can do all things through Christ who gives you strength.
148 jumps in a minute .... It does seem much. I'll have to try it.
ReplyDeleteSay no more .... This is exactly the kind of encouragement I needed.