1401

We got there early so she could get her numbers written in black Sharpie marker on her arms and on her back. 1401. We pinned her number to her t-shirt, then folded her shirt, and set it down outside on her towel, set up beside her bike. Running shoes close by.

Keelin was in her first triathlon last Sunday. She was so great! She did such an amazing job, and we're so proud of her. She learned to ride her bike without training wheels just so she could enter the race. She and several schoolmates trained for weeks for the event. They'd run every Tuesday, swim on Thursdays, and bike on Fridays. They had a sports nutritionist come in and give them a talk on what they should eat. I know she was listening, because one morning, she looked at the bread I'd just taken out of the bread machine, and asked, "Mom, that IS whole grain, isn't it?"

The night before her race, we were careful to feed her properly so she'd have energy for the race. We paid close attention to her breakfast that morning, and made sure she'd had enough water. We became quite aware that food is energy.

Right before her race, she turned to me, and told me she was hungry. Uh oh. She wasn't interested in the one kind of granola bar I'd brought. We borrowed some almonds. She was good to go.

I don't think I ever consciously realize my food as being my fuel at every meal. I just get hungry, so I eat my breakfast. So too, spiritual food is spiritual fuel. There's a race to be run.

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, 10 being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. 11 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. Hebrews 5:8-14