That's what my running was yesterday! I had this glitch in my back that had been gone for a few days. Only it would have a little twinge now and then. And I had forgotten to take my naproxen for ...oh.. how ever many days (that's the trouble of course I keep forgetting!). So about a little more than half a mile into my 5.5 mile run it decided to "glitch" again! I was so mad... but determined!
I thought about going back but I just don't keep that in my vocabulary. So I pushed forward. My thinking was it is not a run related injury so it shouldn't hurt it more - even though it might irritate it somewhat. And that it did! A little more than half way through it got a little better - but it was one of my toughest runs so far. I still only did the loop 7 minutes longer than the first time I did that loop. And I was going the other way which is more uphill. So I didn't feel too bad about my time. I think I am feeling the time crunch with the half coming up in less than three weeks!
Life can bring us through seasons of pain. It can be real easy to turn back and lose out at the first site of pain. Now don't get me wrong, there are some types of pain you have to take time off for. This was not that kind of pain and i knew it! But in life pain can cause us to sit at home and never reach out to others again. And then there's church related pain. That can be some of the most severe pain there is, especially when inflicted by leadership. I mean, think about it - you trusted them! And it's not physical but it is emotional, spiritual and even psychological. Plus it even effects our religious side..because it hurts in so many areas it is certainly one of the deepest and most intense pains there is.
I thought about going back but I just don't keep that in my vocabulary. So I pushed forward. My thinking was it is not a run related injury so it shouldn't hurt it more - even though it might irritate it somewhat. And that it did! A little more than half way through it got a little better - but it was one of my toughest runs so far. I still only did the loop 7 minutes longer than the first time I did that loop. And I was going the other way which is more uphill. So I didn't feel too bad about my time. I think I am feeling the time crunch with the half coming up in less than three weeks!
Life can bring us through seasons of pain. It can be real easy to turn back and lose out at the first site of pain. Now don't get me wrong, there are some types of pain you have to take time off for. This was not that kind of pain and i knew it! But in life pain can cause us to sit at home and never reach out to others again. And then there's church related pain. That can be some of the most severe pain there is, especially when inflicted by leadership. I mean, think about it - you trusted them! And it's not physical but it is emotional, spiritual and even psychological. Plus it even effects our religious side..because it hurts in so many areas it is certainly one of the deepest and most intense pains there is.
But we cannot turn back...
we gotta keep running...
even when it hurts.
And that's the truth! We cannot stop because pain. We must continue our walk with the Lord no matter what others do to us or around us. It is a difficult decision with eternal ramifications.
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