The Gift That Needed No Enhancement
On September 10, 1960, sixty-nine marathon runners lined up in Rome for the Olympic final. Among them stood Abebe Bikila, a twenty-eight-year-old corporal in Emperor...
This is a contemporary on humility and natural gifts, drawing on 2 Corinthians 12:9.
On September 10, 1960, sixty-nine marathon runners lined up in Rome for the Olympic final. Among them stood Abebe Bikila, a twenty-eight-year-old corporal in Emperor Haile Selassie's Imperial Guard, virtually unknown to the international running world. When the shoes provided to him failed to fit properly, Bikila made a decision that stunned the field — he would run all 26.…
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