Run Forest Run
Good Morning Girls! I'm heading off to the gym soon. Today I have to run 7 miles. Yep. Seven miles. The very thought of it freaks me out. I'm not sure why. Last week I was able to run 6 miles in less than an hour. But seven miles....seven miles means I will have to reset the treadmill as it won't let you go more than 60 minutes. Seven miles means I will be moving like a hamster in a cage for over one hour! Seven leads to 8 and 8 leads to 9 and then we are in double digits.....criminy!!!!!
But seven means something much more to God. The number seven is known as Gods perfect number. It is the number that signifies completeness and perfection. I looked it up online this morning, and there is so much awesome stuff about the number seven. I suggest you google it and read when you get a chance. All I know is that I am claiming that when I am done running I will be complete and perfected to another level (in my mind anyway!).
It may sound silly to you- me picturing in my mind that 7 miles will bring me to a new level of completeness, but I have found that this running thing is 90% mental torture and only 10% physical torture. (I'm sure the physical torture will increase as my mileage increases). I have been stressing out all morning about this run. It seems like such a dumb thing to stress about. I mean, what's the worst that can happen? I could barf, but that only makes me feel like a rockstar. Like "yeah......I ran so hard I puked man...." (I know, I am warped). I guess what I stress out about is not being able to do it. I want to run the 7 miles. I don't want to walk. In my mind, if I walk, I have not "run 7 miles". I think this running thing is a way of me realizing that I am capable of more than I ever thought I was. That is why each run is so important to me. It's not about me saying "hey I ran 7 miles". It's about me showing myself "you can do so much more than you believe you can". Every time I finish running I feel stronger. I have more clarity. I feel like I am in fact capable of more than I thought possible. I guess I am afraid that if I am unable to complete it, it will somehow reinforce that there are limits placed on me that I cannot break free of. This is about so much more than running. This is about me breaking free from the self imposed limits I have placed on myself. Each time I succeed it is like me saying "ne-ner ne-ner ne-ner" to my self doubt.
You know, when you break a barrier in one area of your life, it spills over into other areas. For example, when I complete these 7miles, I will have a new level of confidence that what I hope to achieve can in fact be achieved. This will also increase my faith in my ability to hear from and be Spirit led. It will increase my belief in the things I am anointed and called to do. It will increase my faith in being confident that the things I hope for, even though I cannot see them, will in fact come true. It is because of this spill over effect that I am going to fight for every single mile today. I want us all to see that the things we hope for will actually happen!
Hebrews 11:1 Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurances about things we cannot see
Love you all-
Jen
ps feel free to pray for me.....I'll be running at noon!
But seven means something much more to God. The number seven is known as Gods perfect number. It is the number that signifies completeness and perfection. I looked it up online this morning, and there is so much awesome stuff about the number seven. I suggest you google it and read when you get a chance. All I know is that I am claiming that when I am done running I will be complete and perfected to another level (in my mind anyway!).
It may sound silly to you- me picturing in my mind that 7 miles will bring me to a new level of completeness, but I have found that this running thing is 90% mental torture and only 10% physical torture. (I'm sure the physical torture will increase as my mileage increases). I have been stressing out all morning about this run. It seems like such a dumb thing to stress about. I mean, what's the worst that can happen? I could barf, but that only makes me feel like a rockstar. Like "yeah......I ran so hard I puked man...." (I know, I am warped). I guess what I stress out about is not being able to do it. I want to run the 7 miles. I don't want to walk. In my mind, if I walk, I have not "run 7 miles". I think this running thing is a way of me realizing that I am capable of more than I ever thought I was. That is why each run is so important to me. It's not about me saying "hey I ran 7 miles". It's about me showing myself "you can do so much more than you believe you can". Every time I finish running I feel stronger. I have more clarity. I feel like I am in fact capable of more than I thought possible. I guess I am afraid that if I am unable to complete it, it will somehow reinforce that there are limits placed on me that I cannot break free of. This is about so much more than running. This is about me breaking free from the self imposed limits I have placed on myself. Each time I succeed it is like me saying "ne-ner ne-ner ne-ner" to my self doubt.
You know, when you break a barrier in one area of your life, it spills over into other areas. For example, when I complete these 7miles, I will have a new level of confidence that what I hope to achieve can in fact be achieved. This will also increase my faith in my ability to hear from and be Spirit led. It will increase my belief in the things I am anointed and called to do. It will increase my faith in being confident that the things I hope for, even though I cannot see them, will in fact come true. It is because of this spill over effect that I am going to fight for every single mile today. I want us all to see that the things we hope for will actually happen!
Hebrews 11:1 Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurances about things we cannot see
Love you all-
Jen
ps feel free to pray for me.....I'll be running at noon!
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