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Team Hoyt
my heart was bursting with emotions when i first saw this at campus.
team hoyt. an inspirational father-and-son-team who runs marathons after marathons. sounds ordinary enuf?? well, not realli so, if u consider the fact tat rick is a handicapped person.
a father and a son, completing miles after miles or running, cycling n swimming. when it's running, dick will push rick on a special wheelchair made to withstand distance n rough terrain. when it's cycling, it will be rick in front on a special bike customised wif a seat in front for rick. n when it's swimming, rick will strap a heavy but steady dinghy boat to himself, n 'pull' e boat thru e ocean. and all this by a man who's 65 of age. *salute. RESPECT!!
oh wat can i say... wat LOVE.
wat amazing love that a father has for a son. n it brings to mind a verse tat i love - Matt 7 : 11. easy to remember for singaporeans... man, 7-11 stores are all around. :)
matt 7 :11 - If you then, evil as you are, knows how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and advantageous things to those who keeps on asking Him!
isn't it so true?? tat vile n evil as we humans are, capable of monstrous atrocities in e flesh.. if we could even do some good in other lives tat we come into contact with, how much more the perfect Father above?? n if u r a parent, u will know this even more in depth, how you would throw urself into situations tat as a single, self-centered individual, u would never have to think twice abt making tat sacrifice(u just dun need to. :p). but for ur kid, a child tat u call ur own, u would sacrifice time, money, strength, emotions, your own life possibly, n everything n anything in this world, just to see them growing up protected n unscathed.
if we are capable of such 'great' love, how much more our Father in Heaven? how much more, a Father Whose love is higher than e universe tat He created?? a Father Who said, for EVERYONE who keeps on asking receives, n he who keeps on seeking finds, n to him who keeps on knocking, the door will be opened? (matt 7 : 8)
coming back to the video, i love the scene where dick wheels rick thru the finish line the most. why?? isn't it such an adapt picture of our Father carrying us thru e trials in life?!?! i mean, yes, strong n handsome as i am(say amen first. u can puke later. :p thank you!), in so many ways, i feel like rick. in the circumstances whereby i know tat watever i do, i can't get e favor, e victory, just by myself. in the emotions tat attack everyday, telling me i'm not His beloved, telling me tat i've come short, telling me tat i've missed out. in so many ways, as rick is 'inadequate', so do i feel e same. if not worse. but doesn't everyone fit into this category?? or they do but they just fail to admit it. everyone comes to moments like this. n thru this video, in that particular scene tat e father was wheeling e son past e finish line... it gives me comfort, that my Heavenly Father is doing just e same for me. how He will run like mad, giving every single bit n ounce of His strength to just make sure that i will finish the race. n i will shout n cheer, thou inadequate as i am, tat in e end, e Lord will bring me thru to my victory. tat i will stand on victory ground, as i was called to be. and He will stand behind me, doing all the work, but yet letting me enjoy e first fruits of glory... how i will pass e finish line first... how i will see e flashes of the cameras first... how i will hear n see e crowds cheering n clapping... n i will raise my hands in truimph. i will shout for joy. for HE HAS DONE IT FOR ME. :)
*a point to note - rick wasn't a winner when he went past e line. he was a winner e moment he started e race. :) more than conquerors. hehe.
so exhilarating isn't it?? tat althou we get all the the 'first fruits', or so i call it, as e branches bear e fruits n 'display' them, tat e glory will be pointed back to e Father?? cos we know tat in n of ourselves, we couldn't have completed e race. man, we couldn't even have started it on our own!! but how comforting, that everything was done... tat i might come. the long tiresome journey of a Man tat suffered eminent doom n ultimately, His death. 33 yrs in total, millions n millions of miles, a fate tat He din deserve, a separation from a Father that to Him was Everything... just so, tat i might live. just so that He can have me in His arms... just so that He can call me 'child'... just so that He can do crazy little things like count my hair... think of me endlessly for eternity... know my every thought n doing from the inside out, outside in... i could go on n on...
wat Love. :)
n just a special note to team hoyt : thanks for being such inspirational figures in society today!! i totally agree tat ppl r warming up n accepting disabled ppl more n more, n embracing them into society. make no mistake, u have played a MAJOR part in doing so, team hoyt!! way to go!! n thanks for such a lovely story, such great love tat u have shown to each other... cos realli, it reflects God's love for every individual in this world. God bless you richly n abundantly, n may the 2 of u enjoy life to the utmost n fullest!! thank you LOTS!!!
www.teamhoyt.com
shalom
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