Consistency

I'm happy to report that since I last updated, I've set a few personal records. On February 10th, I ran 7 miles, which was the longest distance I'd ever run. Six days later I beat that when I ran 8 miles. Last weekend I was fortunate enough to finish my 7th 10K, and ran it in under an hour (9 minutes faster than my fastest). That even shocked myself!! Today was my last PR- 10 miles around the neighborhood.

When I finished my 10K race, just after I picked my jaw off the ground from my finishing time, my first thought was, "How 'bout that? Consistent training DOES help..." And I don't believe it's any different when it comes to my relationship with Christ.

Lately, I haven't been great at spending time DAILY in the Word. Praying and conversing with Christ happens a lot (especially now that He's formally invited on every run), and I oftentimes wake up in the morning with Bible verses on my mind or hymns in my head... but as far as carving out a consistent time to read my Bible goes, it's been off and on. I can't help but wonder how many more heart beats I would use for Him if I conditioned my heart more often by filling it with the Word. I want to be ready for Him to use me at any moment, and not ever find myself in a "I wish I'd trained harder" situation.

It doesn't surprise me at all that God had me read this verse today:

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and advising one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

A 10K finish in 59:19. Jumping for joy!