Kindred,

"Life is like a marathon," said the teacher.  

"Because it is a marathon, what matters most is not winning or losing, but enduring." 

If you fall, get back up and pave a better way in service of the Lord.  

There is no shortage of things that must be done in stewardship of earth and humanity.  

At the close, if we can raise our heads high, proud that we did our small part to make the world a better place and passed our greatest tests of character, then we can face the Lord free and unashamed.

Because what really matters most then is the Lord's Judgement. 

What that Judgement maybe depends upon how you run your marathon of life.