Running - Not how fast, but that you do!

I am a bit behind on my running blog. To quickly update, last Tuesdays election did not fare well for those who are pro-life. Wednesday morning was emotionally difficult and called for my complete reliance on a Soveriegn God whose loving providence governs the affairs of men and nations. As the great hymn writer once proclaimed, I join in chorus! "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness, I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus name. On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand."

Regarding mileage, I only ran 4 miles on Thursday and then have not ran until today. I have been busy with some ministry details and am thankful to see the good work that God did at a recent event. He is so faithful!

Today I got in 4 miles and it was dreary, windy and cool. It seemed my body didn't really want to run. I know I was tired from a previous busy week. Needless to say, I was not running very fast. As I continued to listen to the running lectures on my ipod, I grabbed onto the opening words before each session began. The opening words were: "It's not how fast you run, but that you run." So I took comfort that I did just that - ran - even though it seemed slower than usual.