Sliding faster than ever in his life, 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili had one turn left in his final Olympic training run. Flirting with 90 mph on a $100 million track pushing speed to the outer limits, the luger from the republic of Georgia tilted his head slightly forward as his sled climbed the high-banked wall.
His last move.
During the Opening Ceremony at BC Place, the evening was dedicated to Kumaritashvili, and a moment of silence was observed in his memory. The seven remaining members of the Georgian team, who decided to stay and compete, wore black armbands as they marched behind a black-trimmed flag. Most of the crowd rose to give respectful applause.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge and the top Vancouver organizer, John Furlong, urged the athletes to compete in Kumaritashvili's honor....
Heard the story about freestyle skier Alexandre Bilodeau, who won Canada's first home gold? His older brother, who has cerebral palsy, constantly encouraged him all his life.
No journalist mentioned how different it might've been if eugenicism had prevailed. Blessings can come from unexpected places, & this is what materialists cannot understand.
Psalms 102 24 I say, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Thy years are throughout all generations. 25 "Of old Thou didst found the earth; And the heavens are the work of Thy hands. 26 "Even they will perish, but Thou dost endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing Thou wilt change them, and they will be changed. 27 "But Thou art the same, And Thy years will not come to an end.---NASB
It is a shame, he may have died doing what he enjoyed/ but I don't think one would say he died in service of the Lord.
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Rev. John Greer | 12/6/2009
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