As I was weeding our strawberry bed, I came upon the dreaded area where the thistles had taken over. I grabbed some gloves and got to work only to become frustrated minutes later with my progress. Everyone knows that in order to keep a thistle from coming back you must take out the root right? … Continue reading Gaining Motivation to Control our Thoughts by Looking at the Life of a Thistle Plant
Most everyone likes taking a journey…but not all. Travel for vacations and visiting family and friends are usually something we look forward to with anticipation. However, there are some trips that we have wanted to forego, like to the dentist or the hospital and certainly to a funeral home. As we get older, I think… Continue reading So You’re Taking a Trip?
Why can’t I sleep?? There have been a few times throughout my life that I am exhausted throughout the day and can’t sleep at night, but this one particular night was awful. I tossed and turned and couldn’t find a comfortable position to lay. My mind was swirling with all types of anxieties, including that… Continue reading Insomnia
I have always loved Hebrews 12:1-2! Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher… Continue reading How Teaching Yourself the Gospel Could Make You a Better Runner
Let's be Real... It's Not! “I wish I could eat healthy.” Have you ever said that? You know the drill. Start a diet excited. Get through the first week and crave something bad. Resistance only lasts so long before you have no desire to eat healthy anymore. You miss the doughnuts, pizza, ice-cream, candy, pop… … Continue reading How to Eat Healthy… It’s Easy!
And bloom where you are planted. Within a two year period I was humiliated on how I ran. Slow, bouncy, I looked like a dying chicken and I was about to fall over... someone even asked if I was the walker that they’d seen go by their tree stand. *face palm* As time went on,… Continue reading Be the Person God Created you to Be
Letting Go of the Boat Have you ever had that one endeavor, that one dream, or that one task that just seems so daunting? I have. A lot of them! Ones that seem so far out of reach that they are like mere fantasies rather than things that could actually become reality. God has… Continue reading The Life Jacket
Taken by Allison Dougherty If you have ever exercised for an extended amount of time, you know that injuries are bound to happen sometime down the road. Have you ever gotten an injury that seemed to be more painful during recovery than when it actually happened? Most recoveries are painful, that’s just the way God… Continue reading What is More Painful than an Injury?
Easter is often seen as colorful Easter eggs and pretty gift baskets, filled with all kinds of goodies. When I was younger I would love finding these baskets, eating the delicious treats and receiving the many gifts. Outdoor cookouts with friends and family… it becomes another holiday full of happiness and fun. But this year… Continue reading Passion and Love
With everything going on in the world, where is our focus?
Be Still and Run 