JUMPING
HURDLES

Topics: Goals; Inspiration; Leadership; Motivation; Passion; Spiritual Desires; Vision

Reference: Titus 2:7–8

An Olympic equestrian champion was asked, “How does your horse know when it has to leap the hedges and hurdles, and why do some horses turn away or stumble?”

The woman answered, “That’s simple. You tear your heart out of your body and throw it over the hedge. The horse knows how desperate you are to catch up to your heart. So it leaps.”

—Martin Marty, foreword in Quentin Schultze, Communicating for Life (Baker, 2000)