Running = Overcoming

Running is a challenge for me. Always has been, most likely always will be. I was not made to be a runner. I have pretty short legs... this makes running difficult for me. However, last week I decided short legs were not an excuse. I ran every morning last week, for at least 30 minutes. I overcame one of the greatest challenges I have ever faced. Overcoming this challenge made me overcome other challenges in my life, too. I began a new routine last week of waking up every morning to workout and then doing a morning devotional. I was a different person. I was incredibly energetic & productive. I was more loving. I was a better person.

It is interesting to me how long I struggled with making working out a part of my normal routine. I know I should, I know how to, I just never wanted to. The last 6 pounds of baby weight finally got to me. I needed to lose those last six pounds so that I could move past the baby weight and focus on getting myself to my ideal weight. I am well on my way, now, thanks to a God who does not give up on me even if I give up on myself. All week, when I did not want to work out, there was a little voice inside of me saying I needed to... and more importantly... that I could.

So today was day #1 of the second week of my routine. I woke up, fed Katie, went to Reid Park, and started walking. About 10 minutes into the walk, I felt a little push from the Lord to start running. AND I RAN! I ran for 50 minutes straight. I loved every second of it, too. I felt so good and so incredibly proud of myself.

I have overcome!! It might seem like a small victory, but I know now that I am capable of being the person I always wanted to be. I am a new woman. A refreshed woman.

So after my run, I did my devotion...and this is what the Lord had for me today.
"Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you... humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and He will lift you up" (4:7,10). I have been lifted up. Praise God for this faithfulness, even in the small things... like running.