Where did that come from?

Today I ran 4 miles again, only this time in a light rain. It was quite exhilerating, especially since I have very little hair. Feeling each rain drop hit my head felt good, somehow it helped take my mind off of my problems. I did two things differently today than I have in past runs. #1 Kept reminding myself to look up and off to the distance and #2 Everytime I felt pain I would pick up the pace. This resulted in my fastest 4 mile time to date.

It's funny how when I would take my mind off of "the then and there"that the pain would diminish. That is exactly how our relationship works with our Heavenly Father. I have been through some things in my life that I wish I wouldn't have had to go through, but they made me who I am today. ( I may someday share these things, but not now) Pain and trial have a way of molding us into something we didn't think we could be. Because when we are in great pain then we tend to look elsewhere for strength. This is where God comes in.

The times I felt so much pain and thought that there was no way I could continue, the Lord strengthened me in a way that I can't explain, and the pain and trial would grow smaller right before my eyes. It was amazing. Exactly like when Peter was walking on the water, he was WALKING on a raging storm then he took his eyes off of Jesus. What happened? He began to sink, only when he took his eyes off of his Captain.

When we keep our eyes on Jesus and have an eternal perspective (looking off into the distance) our pain and trial seem much smaller. They may not actually get smaller, maybe when we keep our focus in the right place we just see them for what they really are.

The last 1/2 mile of my run today was very strong and the last 200 yards were the strongest I can ever remember running in my life. Where did that come from? Inner strength when I saw the end of my course for the day. We may not see the end of our own individual courses in life, but we know that the End Times are soon drawing near. So, let us run our races with courage and strength provided from our Heavenly Father.

After looking at my playlist length I now think that my run on Tuesday was closer to 35 minutes not 37.


Thursday March 26th

Distance: 4 miles

Time: Approx. 33 minutes