The Lord provided another beautiful evening for running and I was able to take advantage of it. Today Praying was on my mind. There has been a lot of discussion in my life about prayer recently. Our church had a 72 hour prayer visual at the start of the month and our sermons have focused on prayer. I will admit that prayer is one of my weaknesses, but many days when I run I talk with the lord.
Today during my run I had a one mile warm up and then 5 fast interval runs with 3 minutes of walking between. This provided a great opportunity to pray. During the first mile I was able to think about many things that are going on with my life. I find it harder to pray if I am giving a lot of effort while running, so during the 3 minute walks between intervals I picked something specific to pray about. I was able to pray about myself, my sweet wife, my wonderful kids, the new neighbors and our church. During my cool down I made it a point to start the morning off with a prayer each day. I will let you know how that goes.
I think this is a great idea. I love to run and walk. I need to increase my pray time also.
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