It sounds funny to say it, but the most difficult part of training is staying on track. If you relax for one day, the next day it is even easier to relax. It takes staying with the training program one day at a time. As I am preparing for the OKC Memorial Half Marathon I am having to really concentrate on staying focused. And the funny part is - it's something I actually want to do. But I know that if I do not stay on track every single day (including rest days) I will still complete the half marathon - but not as easily as if I stay with my training program daily.
If it is difficult to be consistent with something that I actually want to do - think about how much more difficult it is to do things that have to be done - but that are not chosen. To get to any goal - it will take doing what each day requires. What are you struggling with today? Is it difficult because you are looking at the whole picture? I have to look at a whole 13.1 mile run to know how close I am to that goal - but I do not run that distance every day. (Honestly, I have not run that distance since I ran the OKC half last year --thanks broken knee cap!) Even though I do not have to run that distance every single day - I must run some distance most days to achieve the goal.
What are you dreading today? Think about the final outcome - and then just do the small piece that you need to complete today to work toward that goal. This is no different when we think about our own personal belief system. Most of us do not even try to pretend that we are perfect - or that we have completed our faith race...but we are still running it!
Concentrate on staying with the faith program today. You will not run the whole race today - just run the part that is before you today..and run this part well.
Do what you need to do today to stay in faith. Plain and simple. Read some from the Bible, spend some time in prayer; I would say to worship but that is a life style - it's a life laid out before Him in total surrender to His will and His way. Do what you can toward complete abandonment to Him today - relax...but keep moving toward Christ - our goal.
If it is difficult to be consistent with something that I actually want to do - think about how much more difficult it is to do things that have to be done - but that are not chosen. To get to any goal - it will take doing what each day requires. What are you struggling with today? Is it difficult because you are looking at the whole picture? I have to look at a whole 13.1 mile run to know how close I am to that goal - but I do not run that distance every day. (Honestly, I have not run that distance since I ran the OKC half last year --thanks broken knee cap!) Even though I do not have to run that distance every single day - I must run some distance most days to achieve the goal.
What are you dreading today? Think about the final outcome - and then just do the small piece that you need to complete today to work toward that goal. This is no different when we think about our own personal belief system. Most of us do not even try to pretend that we are perfect - or that we have completed our faith race...but we are still running it!
Concentrate on staying with the faith program today. You will not run the whole race today - just run the part that is before you today..and run this part well.
Do what you need to do today to stay in faith. Plain and simple. Read some from the Bible, spend some time in prayer; I would say to worship but that is a life style - it's a life laid out before Him in total surrender to His will and His way. Do what you can toward complete abandonment to Him today - relax...but keep moving toward Christ - our goal.
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