It was supposed to be a run to simply loosen up a little bit. Since I ran my 8 miles the day before I figured I would just run a couple of miles to work out the stiffness. That's what I told myself when I headed out anyway. But it all changed at the end of the first mile. I was feeling good and turned right instead of turning around!
I made sure to stay on a route where I could easily turn around to head back on any of the cross streets should me knee begin to complain. But it didn't, and I kept going. It was a slow just-because-I'm-enjoying-it run! I ended up going about 4 miles by the time I got back to the apartment. My knee did fine until I was about a block out! It was actually perfect because I did as much as I could without damaging anything.
sometimes we don't know how much we can do until we push a little bit. My trouble in the past was when motivated by fear or anger I would push too hard and hurt myself. But I am learning from running that I want to do all I can but not more than I can. It's a delicate balance really.
I think this is paralleled in life too. Especially in areas such as witnessing and ministering to others...sometimes we can push too hard and turn people off. But we need to walk this walk of life just like my last run life (in Him) should be a just-because-I'm-enjoying-it life. As we enjoy our walk with Him it will just ooze out as we are in contact with others. It's not just trying to push ourselves hard to make goals we have set...it's just fun to walk with Him.
I made sure to stay on a route where I could easily turn around to head back on any of the cross streets should me knee begin to complain. But it didn't, and I kept going. It was a slow just-because-I'm-enjoying-it run! I ended up going about 4 miles by the time I got back to the apartment. My knee did fine until I was about a block out! It was actually perfect because I did as much as I could without damaging anything.
sometimes we don't know how much we can do until we push a little bit. My trouble in the past was when motivated by fear or anger I would push too hard and hurt myself. But I am learning from running that I want to do all I can but not more than I can. It's a delicate balance really.
I think this is paralleled in life too. Especially in areas such as witnessing and ministering to others...sometimes we can push too hard and turn people off. But we need to walk this walk of life just like my last run life (in Him) should be a just-because-I'm-enjoying-it life. As we enjoy our walk with Him it will just ooze out as we are in contact with others. It's not just trying to push ourselves hard to make goals we have set...it's just fun to walk with Him.
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