July 7, 2009 "My Faith"

"Whoever accepts you, accepts me, and whoever accepts me also accepts the One who sent me." Matthew 10:40

Prayer

What an awesome weekend!! I was able to spend some great time with my sons. They are so sweet and innocent at times. And they are so happy and full of life. What's amazing is what I call God moments. We were on our way to lunch on Friday and listening to KSBJ. At high noon everyday, they say the Lords prayer. So as we're driving I look in my rear view mirror they have their hands crossed and their eyest closed. At the end of the prayer they both say AMEN!! It was so cool!! The reason I picked the verse for today's post Matthew 10:40 is I know people have never seen me this way. In the past, I would have hidden my faith, but now I'm really trying to put it out there, because I feel it's the only way people can come to him and learn to love him like I do. Some people might say, oh he turned to God because he was out of a job for so long. Well, that's wrong because I knew God and fell in Love with him when I was 17 years old. He sent me a message back in January and I am never going to forget about him again.

Running

I should have listened to my body last week. I decided to run Saturday morning and it turned out to be a disaster!! I covered 7 miles in just under a 1:15, not good. Not to mention the ankle started to act up again. This is not a good sign leading into the beginning of my training for Houston. I'm really not sure about how I am going to avoid pain. But, what I can do is that God will give me the strength and wisdom to finish the Marathon in January. How I get there, well what can I say, that's half the fun of it. I am going to take tomorrow off since the ankle was a little sore today. Saturday is the start of Woodlands Fit!! It should be interesting, but I'm looking forward to seeing and running with my old friends.