Hey everyone! Short email today.
So I learned some interesting things this week about horse racing...
Bishop Kimble of the Conyers ward came out with us on a team-up the night that the horse "California Chrome" was going for the famed "Triple crown". Bishop was more than happy to let us know about what was happening and fill us in on all the details... because my companion and I had NO CLUE what he was talking about haha... but he had some interesting things to teach us.
(this is the super short version so I'm sorry I won't have much time to explain or expound!)
In horse racing... the horses sprint around a track that is about a mile in length and whoever crosses the line at the end first, wins. Pretty simple, eh? Not so much. These horses are bred and trained for a life-time before they race... and once they race in the events once... that's it! They're too old after that and no longer race. They literally have a once in a llife-time opportunity to race and put everything out there. That's amazing in of itself... but what's also amazing is that during the race, the electronically track how many steps (or paces) the horses are taking... and with that information they can determine which horses won't win the race by about the half or 2/3 mark. How do they know this? Because those horses who start TOO FAST use up too much energy and will slow down at the end and be passed by the other horses. So what can be learned from this? I'd invite you to turn to Mosiah4:27 in the Book of Mormon. We here in life are much like these horses... and in many different ways. We can't run faster than we have strength... yet we can't afford to run at a pace that's too slow to win the race.
It's all about balance.
I'd invite you to ponder and pray about the balances in your life and how the Lord can help you to "win the race".
I love you tons!
-Elder Wahlen
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