Sunday, August 5, 2012

This...Is How It All Began...

♫You walk beside us, Your Grace defines us, and we belong to You...You make the air worth breathing, You take the old and make it new, It's all because of You...♫


Early this morning, I was well off the beaten path, matching the beat of Abandon's "All Because of You" with my stride, and I was caught off guard by the very thing I have been praying about for weeks.  It is strange, what God leads us to do when we pray for Him to use US for HIS Glorification.  I've been praying that God lead me to a new challenge - of which I  could later build a testimony on.
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and that is when I challenged myself to a grueling 13.1 mile run (aka: a half marathon)
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At the time, it was more of a bucket list kind of challenge.  Now...it is the very basis of what is quickly becoming one of the greatest spiritual journeys I have ever embarked on.  

What started as mere thought has rapidly become reality - when it is for God and for the right reasons, you just know.  After some soul searching, prayer, and referencing to biblical passages, I have decided to invite you on a journey with me....Celebrate with me the little victories.  Join me in this new journey.  Just as running challenges our bodies - the hills we climb, the victories we have, the infamous post-race "runner's high", and ever dreaded runner's block...we face these same challenges in our spiritual lives, we get in slumps, get a case of the blues, or sometimes just lose sight of what really matters - God and  His Kingdom

I welcome your encouragement, personal findings, and even your God Driven thoughts as you travel with me on this new adventure.  We may be on different paths striving for a different product, but one thing cannot be denied, we are striving to sing a new song for our Great God.

"Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us."
 Hebrews 12:1

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