2020 Year in Review

The scripture that comes to my mind for 2020 is in Philippians 3:12-14

¹²Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. ¹³Brothers 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, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

I think it is fitting because of the kind of Year we experienced in 2020 that has made me more grateful for the blessings of the seemingly small things (like hugs) and to press on towards God with my goals where I have faced my challenges.

An article in Time Magazine written by Jefferey Kluger about the global events are summarized well, as it writes: “There was no way of knowing at the end of 2019 what the onrushing train of 2020 would bring. Yes, there were some signs: systemic racism and the death of too many Black men at the hands of white police officers was already a scourge. Wildfires in the West, hurricanes around the world, and an increasingly volatile climate were already a menace as the overheated Earth continued to run a fever. An unconventional President facing a restive public and a re-election campaign portended partisan rancor and possible electoral upheaval. And then there was the cluster of cases of a deadly flu-like disease in Wuhan, China that seemed—to Americans at least—to be somebody else’s problem.”

As for Running, I am grateful that I was able to complete a 20 Mile Run “Miles 4 Missions” on November 15th, 2020, where $2000.00 was raised to contribute for Missionary work being done in the US and around the World.