Arianna Ghiorso can sense the finish line.
It91ɫƬ true she has no reason to believe Saturday91ɫƬ cross country conference finals will mark the end of her decorated running career. The senior hopes to qualify for nationals, and she91ɫƬ looking forward to track and field season in the spring.
But sooner than later, Ghiorso will be a former athlete and a graduate of The 91ɫƬ91ɫƬ University.
This doesn’t sit well with Ghiorso. “I don’t even have a small amount of senioritis right now,” she says. And it has sparked a fair amount of reminiscing. She sometimes scans through a pleasant bank of TMU memories: She91ɫƬ had great mentors, she91ɫƬ made lifelong friends, she91ɫƬ grown in her desire for God91ɫƬ Word and she91ɫƬ been an NAIA All-American. The past four years have been simultaneously a grind, a joy and a blur, and she doesn’t want any of it to end.
But it will (she knows that). And the future is uncertain (she knows that too). However, she takes comfort in knowing God controls the future and that He’ll equip her for whatever He calls her to do. She91ɫƬ already seen Him do it at 91ɫƬ91ɫƬ, where she was once a freshman who felt wildly unprepared to lead her team and who often struggled to stay awake in chapel.
She91ɫƬ come a long way since then.
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