We officially registered for the 13.1 Los Angeles Half Marathon! eeeekkkk!!!! what the heck did I just do?!!! Its a great cause...we will be raising money for World Vision. All the money that we raise will go towards builing wells in Africa so that people can have clean water. Clean water is a necessity to life. Children die of common infections because they are drinking very dirty water. I have heard stories of people who have to walk more than 5 miles a day...every.single.day....in hopes that they will find water. And usually that water is not clean, we wouldnt even let our animals drink the water they drink. I am excited to raise money for something that I have a passion for and to have a fitness goal set in front of me. I am excited to get healthy and push myself. We only grow when we push ourselves to what we think are our limits. It's funny because I think that I have limits, but they are only in my head. God tells me I can do all things through him, who gives me strength.(philippians 4:13) Such an "over-used" verse....but if I really take to heart what that means, it is an amazing verse. God is telling me that there is no limits to what I can do, I can literally do anything! But through HIS strength, I can do nothing on my own...duh! But the same power that He used to raise Jesus from the dead (and thats kind of a big deal!) he will allow me to use so I can do anything for His glory. That means God is going to get the credit for my limitless abilities! woah! :)
I am excited now in this moment for this half marathon. But I know that as time goes on and we are training, running day in and day out, I am going to get tired of it. I am going to get cranky and I am going to want to give up. I am going to cheat on my diet plan and I probably will miss a couple of training days. But I am looking forward to the end, to finishing that race. Hmmm....kind of like this life. I should be looking forward to the end...to the day I get to meet Jesus and hopefully hear Him say, "well done good and faithful servant" This race will be not about myself but about bringing clean water to those who don't have it....the moment I make it about me, I will be more apt to quiting. I am tired of living this life about me...I want to live like Jesus did. Gahhh...that is a very difficult thing to do!
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world vision said that for every mile we run...its like giving 2 kids clean water!
