Did he ever! But the card went on to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And today. Not much has changed. You’re still reaching, striving, giving it your all…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n The birthday card we bought for Mark…Mark between buildings in Oklahoma City…Mark’s two gold medals, March 9, 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It made me realize that “pushing the limits” can be good. The day before his birthday, he flew to Oklahoma City to participate in a stair race.<\/a> This event was run in two different buildings, two different races<\/a>. One for the fastest time up the two buildings (one 21-story, and the other 16-story). Mark won that with a time of 7:35, a course record, 15 seconds faster than the guy who finished second. He went on to win “Power Hour:” how many times can you go up both buildings in one hour? He’s the only competitor who did it six times!<\/p>\n\n\n Pushing the limits. Once he set an ambitious goal to sell a certain number of houses in a year. He met his goal by May of that year. Pushing the limits can be a good thing if you’re pushing in a good direction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3.13, 14, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We celebrated our oldest son Mark’s 51st birthday a couple of days ago, and I found the perfect card. It had me with the line on the outside about “pushing the limits.” Not so long ago, you were a little boy pushing the limits… Did he ever! But the card went on to say: And … Continue reading Pushing Limits<\/span> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mark-Birthday-20240310.jpg?ssl=1\")
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