In today’s devotions, we had the opportunity to listen to a sermon by one of our upcoming Keynote Speakers, Dave Harvey, on ambition and contentment. He wisely pointed out that discontentment often comes from comparisons to others. I am one of those people who find myself measuring myself against my own interpretation of success. And I do this in alot of areas of life, but one way I do it is with my running, a hobby I took up late in life. As a late-life runner, I can’t possibly compete with younger runners who can go farther and faster than myself, so how do I define success?

 John Stumbo, a keynote speaker from our Peacemaker Conference last year, wrote a powerful blog that helped me see a new definition of success. As some of you may know, shortly after the conference, John, an ultra-marathoner, was suddenly stricken with a muscle crippling disease that has left him very weak, more often in a wheelchair than walking. But as John faces this new challenge, like him, I want success to be defined not by how much I can do, but that the “spirit is more alive than the body” and that spirit is alive in Christ. Take the time to read his blog for yourself, and…applaud!

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