Reflections of a Running Fool
Reflections on 1st John
vs2: and He is the propitiation for our sins, but not for ours only for the whole world
A strange word propitiation. Makes memorizing the vs. easier though.It means Christ is the payment in place of our sins.We don’t suffer the penalty of our sin because he took it on himself.Not really sure why John added for the whole world.I’ll look into that when i take up the commentary reading. I looked at a couple of commentaries this weekend. Man I had forgotten how dry and boring are the ramblings of psuedo scholars.Hope I can find a couple that are relevant to the realities of living in a hard world.I could care less about the gnostics of John’s day and the date the letter was written.Great cure for insomnia .
Running Reflection
Well less then a week until the Chicago marathon.I’m thinking hard about why I am running this particular marathon.I’ll be running with a team of people who are acting in a concrete way to put their faith into action. They will be doing good on a Sunday for others. In a way they will be used as agents of healing lives on the Sabbath.So I will miss “church” on the “sabbath” and worship with an act of Chrit likeness next Sunday.
Todays Run
Ran 8 miles today at a very easy 11 min. mile pace. Felt good about todays run. Hope the first 11 miles of the marathon goes as smoothly.