I didn't get a New Year's post in...but the new year started and here it is already the 13th of January.
We did our annual Polar Bear 5k in Bluffton.
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| After the 5k |
This was the first time that I started running it and finished running it without stopping. This was a major accomplishment. This running thing, or "just a little faster than walking thing" has been a personal challenge. It is hard and as I'm doing it, I sometimes wonder: "why I'm I putting myself through this" and I really am awful at it! But, it really is like life. I have to be stretched and warmed up before starting (need to be organized in real life), I have to know where I'm going (set goals in real life), the first mile is the hardest (anything challenging is hard), but after the first mile... I pound out my worries, pray, talk to God, look at things and take one step of time. I can't worry about how much longer I have to go. When I finish, I feel better. Some days (in life and with running) are easier than others.
So now it is time for my mind, body spirit tour 2013!
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| Always trying to find Balance |
I found out about my former priest, Martha being diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer yesterday.
Please pray for Martha as she starts this journey of surgery, chemo, and radiation. I wanted to send her words of comfort and that can being intimidating when speaking to someone who wears a collar. They know the Bible better than anyone. But, just as I tell my children and students to do their best...I want to do the same.
This song came to mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CSVqHcdhXQ
The lyrics are:
"Blessings"
We pray for blessings, we pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
And all the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if every promise from Your word is not enough
And all the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe
'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not,
This is not our home
It's not our home
'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
And all the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if every promise from Your word is not enough
And all the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe
'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not,
This is not our home
It's not our home
'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise
I don't know how I found this song a while back, but it seems like when things are in the valley, this songs reminds me of the mountaintop. I was searching for something else to send and I came across in another blog: Cool Cat Teacher. Her pastor, Michael Catt, said: "Walk slowly through the crowd, because everyone has a hurt". Oh, so true! We never know what burdens people are carrying.
My burdens, your burdens... we all carry them. I pray that yours are lifted and that you are not alone.
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