Running Plus 1 in the Rain

Just three days ago I posted a picture of the sunset on the Ohio River.  It was a beautiful Orange sunset in a bright blue sky.  Oh how things can change.  This morning at eight o'clock the temperature was 56 degrees and it was a steady rain.  There was no sun insight.  My decision was to put on a long sleeve dry fit shirt and my hat and hit the pavement.  The rain was steady but I was determined to get my miles in.  As I wrote about yesterday when rain comes into our lives we need to take God with us.  If we are determined to see it through God will show us the way.  As I ran today I saw a tree that had fallen during the night and in a construction zone I moved a barrel that was in the middle of the road.  The pavement was wet and there was no relief from the driving rain, but I still had a good run with the Lord.  I was able to pray and be open to God.  When we have rain in the race of life we need to run plus 1 and that one should be Jesus.  In life we can become stronger when we rely upon the lord when things get rough.

Talk to you later and keep Running with God.

Running with Rain

Today was a wet run.  Light rain throughout my short run.  But as they say "into each life some rain must fall."  I think rain is what we make of it.  We can ruminate about it.  We can constantly have it on our minds but all that is going to do is slow us down.  I think the best way to deal with it is to understand that it is going to happen sometimes and make the best out of our situation.  I could have not ran this evening.  I had plenty of other reasons not to run, but where would that have gotten me.  Sometimes running in the rain makes us stronger.  This is so applicable to our lives.  Being in Christ doesn't promise us a perfect life but when life brings us rain we have Christ to be there to help us through each situation.  Even when it is raining the Son is still there we just cannot see him.  We must have faith that it he there.

* Running tip - wearing a running cap when it is raining does a great job of keeping the rain out of your eyes.