Up and running again...

October 7th, 8 o'clock in the morning, 81 degrees and sunny....how I love Pensacola Florida!

For some reason when my physical wheels (my legs) start turning, the wheels of my mind and spirit begin to turn as well. I just got back from my first successful attempt to run since the baby came. Boy did it feel good! I was reminded of how the Lord promises to never leave nor forsake His children. My body and my ability to run was still there waiting for me to return to it. Though I am fully aware that this will not always be the case, it felt like I had never stopped running. Now don't get me wrong...it was challenging and a good reminder that consistency in training is so important, but I was so glad that my ability and love for running had not disappeared. The big difference is that the Lord and His promises are eternal and unchanging, whereas our physical bodies will grow weary and pass away. As I ran through the thick humid air and enjoyed the scenery of trees and clouds and dragonflies, I remembered the first verse in the Bible..."In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth". Wow. If you really think about that verse it is just so incomprehensible. God made the heavens, the earth, and everything in them including you and me. Why do I even try to make sense of it? Who am I to think that I could even begin to understand the mind of God when I am simply something that He created. I am nothing more than clay in the Potter's hands. Why as humans do we feel the need to wrap our finite little minds around things and if we don't understand something we try to change it so that it makes sense to us. God's Word is truth. But because He left certain things too great for us to fully understand, we reject the truth and make up a lie. Isn't there immense comfort in knowing that someone (God) knows WAY more than I do and that my life is in the palm of His hand? What a relief! But daily we try to take control of our own lives and do things the way that we see fit. "There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death". Thank you God for the mercy that you have on my family - not because of anything we have done, simply because you are God.