Thanks for the letter you sent. It was kinda long, but the end was especially good. sheesh, any word from you is precious!
Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; It speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
-Habakkuk 2:2-3
Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules.
-II Timothy 2:5
...he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.
-II Timothy 2:21
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
I Corinthians 9:24-27
Love,
