"Fight the Good Fight"
Run the straight race through God's good grace,
Lift up thine eyes, and seek his face;
Life with its way before us lies,
Christ is the path, and Christ is the prize.
John Monsell, 1863
Wednesday, June 10
Fighting The Good Fight
The alarm clock went off at 4:30 this morning but I was already awake. I was anxious to get out for my morning run to see how it would go with my hip. A little past 5am I was starting what would be a very uncertain run. From step one my hip was in pain, but I wanted to push on to see if it would ease up some. My plan was to do 3 miles and that ended up being a good goal. I ran the entire 3 miles in pain but thankfully my hip issue did not feel worse but stayed at the same discomfort the whole way up and back. As I ran I thanked God and also pleaded with Him for the strength to keep going. I am looking forward to tomorrow and how my hip will feel in the morning. It's running times like these that I am convicted about what seemingly superficial things cause me to be weak in my resolves, and being more fervent in re-focusing on the more eternal prize. "I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me" Philippians 3:12
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2 comments:
Really praying that the pain in your hip will ease completely Terri.
Love that verse and also the hymn. We used to sing that a lot in the church I grew up in.
I am also praying you will heal up and the pain will go away.
Beautiful perspective in the meantime! I pray I will stay focused on that as well.
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