Zechariah 4:10a says," Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin......"
I can't tell you how many times I have started and stopped things because they seemed "small" compared to the awesome things others were doing or could do. Case and point running. I have said for YEARS I wanted to be a runner and never put the time effort or energy into it!!! I'd read on Facebook about my amazing friends running 3, 5, 10, 20 miles and feel shame I couldn't run 2 houses down. Well I have decided and changed my mind that I WILL be a runner and I am!!! Yesterday I laced up my shoes walked a deposit to the bank and decided I would run. Well I am using the word run VERY loosely here!!! I really just jog. I probably jog as fast as my friends with long legs walk but it's still running/jogging for me!! I didn't measure on my FitBit how far it was yesterday so I decided to do the same path today and my first stint was .6 of a mile!! I walked just a little bit and did .32 of a mile.That was GIANT for me!! I know in the "scheme" of runners that's a warm up but in the prime of my workout body I couldn't ever run a mile without stopping. I asked the Lord what I needed to listen to as I ran and he reminded me of a Kerrie Roberts song called What Are You Afraid Of. PERFECT SONG!!!!!! "So what are you afraid of? Show em what your made of. The shadows that you're scared of, are usually your own and not the great unknown. You don't have to wonder, you're not going under. Grace has got you covered. God is in control go on and let it go. What are you afraid of?" As my feet hit the pavement with the beat of the song I KNEW I was going to go farther than I've been!! I had a break thru with the Lord in a trust issue with Him in the area of my health and being able to run. I AM A RUNNER that does NOT despise my small beginning. I am farther than I was a year ago but not as far as I will be in a week!! I WILL reach my mile marker and I WILL celebrate it. I will walk and not be weary and run and not faint!!
Proud of you jogging.
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