A calm, sharp nothingness envelopes my mind as I prepare my body to reach and be pushed beyond its psychological limits. The crowd fades quietly into the background as I focus on the hard even breaths escaping through the gap between my lips, the strain of my muscles as they press on through fatigue, and the rhythmic thud of my feet as they hit the pavement. Each step carrying me closer to the end, yet each filled with a silent plea to stop. I round another corner and dig in

One thing that has always amazed me about God is His tendency to be the opposite of what one expects of an all-powerful ruler. In the new...