Race day

Today was a great day for me!  Let me tell ya why.....

My birthday was Aug. 2 and on that day I made a few goals that I wanted to accomplish in the next year and a couple I wanted to complete by the end of this year.  Today I completed a goal! I ran my first 5k today!! woo hoo!

Today was the first day that I ran 3.1 miles...i think.  Up to this point I had only been running a little over two miles.  I wasn't sure I could finish, but I did!  I was so thankful for my sweet friend Mayra to run with me! THANK MAYRA!

I didn't so much care about my time, but that I finished! 

In the past I have had a hard time with following through with a commitment and a couple of years ago it started really bothering me....I was seeing a trend that was rooted in deep insecurity and fear of not being liked or not pleasing people.

Thanks to my husband who encourages me to work through this... I am trying to make sure I follow through with commitments I make. And I am learning to say "no" a lot more.  And I am learning to give myself some grace in some areas and the reality is....I am not going to be able to please everybody.

 I made the commitment to a 5k intentionally...i wanted to test myself and follow through!

I followed what 1 Cor. 9:26 says I did not run without an aim....I wanted to finish...and finish well.

 I didn't want to stop...and I didn't.

I wanted to condition my body, mind, heart and soul all at the same time.

Some days I still battle roots of insecurity and fear, but by God's grace I am learning more and more each day who I am in Christ and what freedom His Spirit gives me through Christ!

Reflect today. Have the Lord search your heart and reveal to you if there are any areas of your life rooted in lies...in sin...in anything not of Him!  And rid yourself of it through the power of Christ.

This is also a little random, but the Lord gave me this verse tonight and I thought I would share.

"The Lord is the One who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.  Do not fear or be dismayed."

Last thing....(i promise).....today as I was running there was a family there with a girl in a wheelchair.  They took turns pushing her as they ran!   They finished before me!  But, I thought it was such a sweet picture of love...of God's love for us...carrying us when we are too weak and frail to do it ourselves.  It was beautiful.  It was also a beautiful picture of the body carrying each other in times of deep need.  Seeing this today made me especially thankful for two things:


1. That Christ died for me, bore my wrath and carries me still when I don't know the way, when I am way too powerless to do it on my own.


2.  Very thankful for my health....my legs to move, my heart to pump blood through my body....so thankful to be able to experience exercise myself.  I told my little Noah tonight....exercise and the movement of our arms and legs is such a gift from God and we are so blessed. Let's not take these "little" things for granted!