I don't blog on weekends however I missed friday and had some time I thought I would get one in today. As mentioned before I was blogging about some inspiring people from the Olympic games.
Nodar Kumaritashvili, have you heard about him? Well maybe before friday you might not have and had it not have been for his death on a practice run, you may not have. He was a Georgian Luger that was ranked 40th in his field. He took a practice run on friday and in a horrific accident he wiped out big time and plummeted to his death.
He had big dreams, he was only 21 years old and was going to race on a track that was out of his league. The track in Canada is the toughest, fastest and only the most elite athletes were hopeful to medal. This was Nodars first Olympics and he had never raced on anything like it before. Nodar had a huge heart and determination to make his family proud.
A few days before the Olympics, Nodar called his dad and told him that he was scared of one of the turns. His dad told him that if he was going to fast to put his feet down to slow down. Nodar, said that if he started he wanted to finish and that he was going to be brave. He told his dad “ I am going to make you proud.”
Perhaps the turn He was talking about was the one that claimed his life. You know as I started to blog about this young man, I could help to think about David and Goliath. As I watched the footage of this practice run, I couldn't help to look at this young mans eyes. He sat there at the top of the luge track looking at his Goliath! This track was much bigger than him, however his heart was bigger.
By faith he let go of the rail and faced his giant! The only difference is that David defeated the giant and lived. Does that mean that Nodar lost the battle because he died? No way this 21yr old man that no one knew did two things... He accomplished what he set out to do. He made his family proud and he didn't let fear keep him from his dream of being a Olympian!
There is no doubt that had he not died the games would have come and go and he would have never been nothing more than Georgian luger competing with the big boys. He would have returned home with just the experience of the games. Today we know who he is. We know his heart and we are inspired by it.
In this life we have many fears, we have scary turns and our giants look bigger than we can tackle sometimes. We have two choices to make. We can by faith step up to the plate and let the will of God happen. With have the confidence that no matter what happens, life or death it is for the good of God. The alternative would be to allow the fear to keep you back and be a spectator. Never knowing the full capacity of yourself and the athlete you really are!
Nodar didn't die in vain.. He died trying and that is all that matters. He died inspiring people to live “faith over fears!”
Inspired and thankful,
Monica
awesome! I was reading about this young man yesterday. So sad that he was practicing when he died. But you are right, he didn't die in vain.
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