Running

Thank you for giving me the strength to run today at the gym. I want to feel your pleasure when I run, like Eric Liddell did in 'Chariots of Fire'. Thank you for giving me scripture to say as I ran. Running is so much like life. I hurt running today. My legs ached and side ached. But I had to keep going, remembering it is a marathon, not a sprint. Slow and steady. Just keep on running toward the goal. You brought Philippians to my mind as I ran. I love chapter 3 where it says, 'I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus'. And in Hebrews 12:1-2, 'Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith...'  Help me to do that, Lord. Set my eyes on you in this life and keep on keeping on. You also brought to my mind, 'I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead'. Like the song, 'Knowing You'. I do want to know you. I feel like I have shared/am sharing in your sufferings and death. It does feel like death, what we have been through. So I pray now we can experience the resurrection from the dead and the new life you have for us, even down here. You are so good to me to bring those scriptures to mind. Help me focus on you today as I run the race you set before me.

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