Last night’s episode of Fight Quest (Discovery Channel) took two fighters to China to study Kung Fu and Qi Gong; it was nostalgic for me. Each fighter was hosted by a respective Kung Fu master for 5 days to study the martial art. During their time, the Americans lived and trained with full-time Kung Fu practitioners to prepare for a demonstration (read ‘fight’) at the end of their studies. On the final day, one of the masters said this to his American trainee:
Kung Fu is not important, cultivating your spiritual journey is.
Kung Fu is not important, cultivating your spiritual journey is.
This Buddhist spoke more truth than he knew. All endeavors, particularly those which we are most passionate about, fall far shot of the importance of knowing our Lord more deeply (sounds like Ecclesiastes to me.) I am reminded that all things are given purpose through Christ and without Him are means that have no end.
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