Great Morning / Running with God

I am not a morning person, but after I get myself out of bed and hit the road, I am always glad that I did.  This was my treat for waking up this morning.



Sunrise

This morning I was thinking about Hebrews 12.  ...let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.  And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us...   When we are running we will look for ways to be faster.  Often we do this by making our load lighter.  We buy lighter shorts and wear lighter shirts.  Sometimes I see guys go shirtless.  We will sometimes spend hundreds of dollars on shoes that weigh only ounces.  Just like the examples I have listed from running we need to "throw off everything that hinders" our walk with God.  We need to give God our sinful desires.  We need to pray that he will take them from us so we can "run with perseverance the race marked out for us".

Run Pray Run Pray Run Pray

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.