US Track Star Gives God ‘All Honor and Glory’ on NBC After Winning Gold With World Record Performance
John the Apostle recorded a promise that allows us to boldly confront the evils of worldliness:
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5)
In an interview Thursday with Mike Tirico of NBC Sports, light shone from the face of gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone as she gave “all the honor and glory” to God following her world record-shattering performance.
The 25-year-old McLaughlin-Levrone dominated the 400-meter hurdles, setting a new world record for the sixth time and breaking her previous world record by finishing the race in 50.37 seconds, per ESPN.
“Look at that smile,” Tirico said at the beginning of the interview.
Indeed, McLaughlin-Levrone looked like someone who felt peace. And when the veteran broadcaster asked about the key to her victory, it became clear why.
“Just running my race, you know, not looking at what’s happening to the left and the right,” she said.
It sounds as if she took to heart our Lord’s commands.
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble,” Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount. (Matthew 6:34)