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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker

Good morning.

This morning I wake up at a loss. After two weeks of a newfound routine of getting up and checking the 麻豆约拍 sports app to see what drama I have missed the night before, the Olympics has come to a close. I hadn鈥檛 expected to get as into it as I did. I hadn鈥檛 particularly been following it in the build up, and if I鈥檓 honest I think part of me still believed it might not go ahead, after so many events have had to be constantly rescheduled.

Yet within seconds I was hooked. I shed tears when Tom Daley won his diving gold. I marvelled at the teenage skateboarders pulling off tricks I could only just about manage on the Playstation when I was their age. I found myself attempting butterfly stroke in my local pool despite no formal training or breathing technique - made even more difficult by the fact my own attempts were then making me laugh. I found myself heavily invested in sports and athletes I wasn鈥檛 even aware existed two weeks previous, and I still struggled to care about the horse-dancing.

For me it is the passion of the competitors that draws me in. Whichever sport it is, these are people who have dedicated their whole lives to something they love, and to see the moment where it all pays off for them is hard to not find inspiring. Thankfully it鈥檚 only two weeks until the Paralympics so I can get obsessed all over again.

Lord, thank you that you are a passionate god. Thank you that we are full of interests and hobbies, whether that is teaching, friendships, or prancing around on a horse competitively. I pray that you would be with us in the highs and the lows. That we would be able to celebrate our gold medal moments with those that support us, and also be comforted in our disappointments when it doesn鈥檛 go our way. That we would be patient in times of injury and healing, and be able to be happy for others when they have their moment, and to know that in the race of life it truly is the taking part that counts.

Amen