While jogging the other morning I jogged in prayer. The word "faithfulness" was brought to me so I focused on that word as I ran. I was praying about my own relationship with Christ and my journey with Him. I was praying about the other relationships I have in my life, being a wife, mother, daughter, granddaughter, friend, co-worker, leader, etc. and how I can set the example of Christ in those relationships. One of the most important relationships anyone has is their marriage and I was praying to be a reflection of Christ in my marriage. As I was praying I looked up to see a woman passing me going the other direction on the trail, jogging just as I was, and her shirt simply had the word "PRAY" written across the front. I immediately was overcome with a sense of calmness and peace and knowing that my prayers were being heard and I was seeing God in that moment. When I got back to my car the song "Faithful Now" by Vertical Worship was playing on the radio and I knew I was hearing God in that moment. As I drove home the shadows of the trees that were casting on the road in front of me formed a cross and I could feel God in that moment. The words "You were faithful then, you'll be faithful now" continued to come through the radio reminding me that I'm not alone and he is faithful in every aspect of my life. He is with me, guiding me, guiding my relationships and supporting me no matter which direction I go. I was reminded of a Bible study I completed more than ten years ago entitled "To Live as Christ" and how to focus in my relationships on His word and His leading to experience deeper relationships and faith than I can even imagine.
We live in a world that is driven by data and trends. Looking for value and answers in the numbers and trying to figure out how to better our lives, our business, our goal based on those numbers. As I've been working more on my running and keeping track on the app on my phone my distances, my speeds, my number of weekly workouts and trying to week over week beat those numbers I realized something this week. This week I still did my workouts, but I was in a different environment. I still did the same number of miles, but the course I was doing them on was much more challenging. My goals had to adjust to the path that I was working on. I was more satisfied with my accomplishments when I was finished because the course had been so much more challenging. But I was let down by looking at the tracked numbers in my app because my times were slower and it was "messing up" my week over week numbers. For someone from the outside to simply look...
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