Quick Note

I have just a minute to type this, but I did not want the following to go un-noticed for those of you who did not watch the Olympics last night.......

Last night in Beijing, a beautiful American runner named Lolo Jones was favored to win the ladies hurdle race (I do not know the proper term for that race because I, personally, have never been able to hoist my hiney that far in the air). There was another American woman in the race. Her name is Dawn Harper. Harper was not expected to even place seeing as this is her first Olympics and she barely made the trials to qualify to compete.

At the start of the hurdle race, Lolo Jones took off like a shot and was in the lead. Harper was somewhere trailing behind. On the next to last hurdle, Jones kicked the hurdle over which caused her to lose the race. On her heels was Harper, the American who was considered "lucky" to even be competing. Harper won the race.

As soon as the race was over, Lolo Jones threw herself on the track and yelled out some obscenities -- most notably the f-bomb which was so easy to see it could have been read by any blind lip reader. Harper, on the other hand, was stunned by her win and threw her hands up in the air praising God and thanking Him openly in front of the whole world AND God-hating China. When she was interviewed by the media, Harper mentioned that God was with her while she was running, which we all know is a complete no-no in China (you heard that they confiscated hundreds of Bibles over the weekend , right?). Now, of course, I have no way of knowing where either of these ladies really stand with God, but I know what I saw and I know that one of them glorified God with her actions and words (and one didnt).

My point in blogging about this is that I think it is no coincidence that Lolo Jones, the favored runner, lost this race to someone who was not a fan favorite . I understand her disappointment in losing a race she trained all her life to win, but God will not be mocked. They can take all the Bibles out of China, but they cannot take the Holy Spirit out of the hearts of believers. He will do whatever it takes to bring glory to Himself through His children. He did that very thing last night through a very fast hurdler named Dawn Harper.