For those of you who aren’t
my friends on Facebook, I just signed up for my first ever 5k run. I don’t remember if I wrote about it last
summer or not, but I was planning on doing one last year with the two oldest
girls for school. Well, starting off
running 3 weeks after giving birth and running everyday
was.not.a.good.idea. I ended up on my
back for over a week and have had some pain every day since.
Regardless, my body has wanted
me to run, it’s like a walk isn’t fast enough.
I go ever other day and up to about 2.75 miles in 33 min or so. Yeah me!
Oh, and that thud? Probably ever
teammate and coach I have had hitting the ground in a heart attack. Me, the fat girl who couldn’t even run maybe
a quarter mile without needing to walk…
Anyway, today just after 1.3
miles or so, I got a stitch in my side; and it grew and it grew and I was
beginning to doubt if I could even get to back into town without walking. So I prayed about, asked for healing, rebuked
it even :) ! And then I started
confessing some sin that came to mind. I
didn’t notice the pain so much, but it was still there, and even more, I made
it the full 2.75 miles.
What lessons did I
learn? Well, I was reminded once again that
my sin has consequences. Sure, there is
forgiveness, we can restore relationships, but there are still hurts that will
linger; we can’t forget the pain we received/caused.
And my sin caused pain. Jesus suffered way more than a little stitch
in His side for me, for my sin.
And when the day is going
down the tubes, when I don’t know if I can make it until bedtime, God is STILL
with me. He reminded me HE NEVER LEFT,
even through all the pain, the hard times, the hurts. He has not left my side. I just need to call out to Him, ask Him for
help. Will He make everything go away? Probably not, but He will walk with me
through it; help me get to the finish line.
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