Every four years! The opportunity for us sports mad spectators and True Blue Aussie supporters to enjoy two full weeks of sport. All day every day. We get to watch sports we know nothing about or have never watched before (or at least only every four years)
and feel patriotic if someone from Australia wins a medal in that sport. And even events we might never do or have even thought of trying…like weightlifting or the 10km walk. So this is why so many Aussies are passionate about those things we all do like swimming and even to a lesser extent table tennis (come on – how many of us have a table tennis table in our gararge?) I want to hear our national anthem played and watch our athlete singing with tears in their eyes as the flag is raised. I love to see our team come from behind, beyond defeat, to win at the line. I love to hear the struggles of how they trained hard to reach their prize. I love to see the defeated heroes try their hardest to reach the finish even when they know they have been beaten. These are people who we all look up to. Because they have put all aside to be the best they can be in the arena of sport and endurance. It gives me a sense of being homesick without leaving my lounge room. It makes me want to stand to sing the national anthem with them. It makes me want to cheer and say well done. God does that for me. He stands and applauds me as I run his race. I am on His team. I am striving for the goal. I am aiming for the prize. God is cheering me home. My Heavenly Dad, standing on the sideline waving me on…How good is that…I can’t lose!
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