Crayon friends and starting over!

So friends guest blog week is over, and boy was I blessed with the stuff my pals came up with. I have to admit I am one blessed gal to have so many beautiful women in my life. My cup overflows with the joy that my friends bring me. Like a box of crayons, they are all different unique in their own kind, but all paint pretty colors to my heart. Thank you to all my friends who took time to write and you all that took the time to read it!

I do however have one more blog post that a friend wrote, but I am saving that for later this week. On a different note, I started to train for my first 5k of the year and we all got hit with this nasty virus! The boys and I have been sick for what will be a week tomorrow! I no longer can hear out of my right ear, and I can hear myself talk. Perhaps the Lord was showing me what my hubby has to listen to :/ poor guy!

And so day one starts over again this week. Although I have to tread lightly on my physical training as I get over this cold, my focus will be eating.. UGH! I know.. so hard huh? You know I tried to tell myself that I dont have a issue with food. I am not shoving whole pizzas, or five burgers down my throat but truth be told, I do have an issue. If I am unable to maintain a healthy life of eating and staying away from the foods that will tear apart my body, it is an issue.

As mentioned before I am reading "Run to Win" by christine caine, and she said something that touched or convicted my heart if you will.

"Christians have more reasons to stay fit than any gym junkie. Its not about how good we can make ourselves look by developing lots of muscles, it is abut being effective carriers of God giving Him the best shell possible to work with." Christine Caine (via Run to win)

I am realizing that I cannot keep with with my family, ministry and other obligations if my "shell" is not sustainable. We were busy from Friday night to literally Sunday night this weekend. Only being home to sleep and shower, today I woke up like a truck ran me over. It is foolish to pray for endurance and strength and then feed myself junk. There are many times that I find myself at this place, not sure why it is so hard to stick and I am going to find out. And soooo another journey begins..!


Will you come along? Are you tired of starting over? Do you want to truly make a lifestyle and not return back to the vomit? I know I do, I pray you do! So lets do it!

Praying for a life of transformation...
Moni

Its a marathon not a race part 1

Definitions:

Race- The act of running, contest of speed, A raid or strong current of water flowing through a narrow channel
Marathon- Long distance race, an endurance contest


Today I was doing some research on training for a half marathon and I realized that I am training wrong. You see training for a 5k and training for a marathon is totally different. I have been running like it is a race and after about the fourth mile I start to burn out and my legs start to feel weak!

The way to train for a long run or marathon is to start off slow, maintain a steady pace and occasionally walking if needed. As I ran today differently, I began to see the parallel to the race of faith or our walk with Jesus. Sometimes we forget that we are in a marathon and we run like we are in a race.

As I mentioned above it is suggested in your first marathon that you take little walk breaks, this is help to recover and give you that short rest that you need to continue running. This was surprising to me because I had put the pressure not to walk at all and that is a problem. Sometimes Jesus wants us to slow down or walk if you will, but we have these expectations of what we should or need to do and we run ahead of Him.

I remember my first 5k when the gun went off the adrenaline kicked in and I was gone. I was not maintaining my usual pace and I was hurting by the time I got to mile 2. Thank God I was running with a friend that pushed me because I would have probably stop running. I have seen this happen so many times. Think about a time when you have attended a retreat. you come back on a spiritual high and you come home with 1001 things that you need to do. You have these expectations on what it is like to be Holy and before long you are burnt out! Sometimes its OK to walk, to wait on Jesus remember its not a race it is a marathon.

Running a short race puts a all or nothing mentality. It is go big and go fast or go home! This is dangerous mentality if you are running a long race. Building endurance and keeping a steady pace is crucial to finishing a marathon and I will talk about that tomorrow! Part two to follow!!!

Running to win,
Moni