Protection

I go for a run just after 8:00 P.M.. It is dark but not late.

First I run to the cemetery and have a thought, “Stay away from the back.”

I tell myself, “Don’t let fear rule.”

Sam stops short and will not move.

Maybe I should listen to the thought and take the short rout.

Sam agrees and runs with me.

Approaching the park from the North, I notice a vehicle driving very slowly towards the park from the East. Slowing down, I watch and check if it is a police vehicle. It is white.

IT is  NOT police.

Running past the vehicle, I stop for Sam and clean up.

I loose track of the white vehicle and take off running my normal route to the gas station.

Approaching the turn in the road, I realize that I have heard a vehicle coming up behind for a while.

I pull Sam to the sidewalk and watch a white vehicle drive past me very slowly. They drive toward the gas station.

Foolishly, I start to run behind them until. . . .

Wisdom speaks up and says, “Turn around and go home.”

Running towards home I think, “Maybe I should call my husband.”

Instead I ask, “God, Send Your Angels to keep me safe and anyone out tonight!”

Later at home I hear,

“SAY THANK YOU!”

“I DID KEEP YOU SAFE” 

Wisdom suggests I run earlier.

GOD IS SO VERY GOOD!

Fear Uncovered

In this season of our lives we are looking for ways to pay the bills.

One day recently I tried on the thought of Uber driving.

FEAR!

NOT SAFE!

Tears fall.

TERROR FILLS MY SOUL.

Where did that come from?

I put off healing.

It will be painful.

Quickly I change my thoughts to save the day.

I mention it to a couple of people.

Fear is close to the surface.

Tears escape my eyes.

Healing is needed.

It takes time and energy.

God is Good!

He will take me through this at the appropriate time.

Thank You Jesus! Amen!

Running and Weight Lifting

Today, September 20, 2023, I am returning to the gift God gave me 12 years ago.

In 2011, God gave me a miracle. HE gave me new bone in my spine, setting me free of 28 years of constant pain. Then He started growing nerves in my abdominal and back muscles. This gave me the ability to grow muscle in my core. These muscles give me the ability to lift my legs and run. Something I have always wanted to do.

Two years later we hand our tree cut down and I chose a log to lift and use doing lunges. I continued running longer distances and using the log doing lunges with the log extended above my head to build muscles.

This continued until we started driving West 2-3 times a year for family emergencies. But what really threw a wrench into everything is my husband needing surgery and taking care of him, then 2020 happened.

I have been trying to get back to running for the last few years, but not able to sustain it for one reason or another.

God has been saying, “Get back to your running and weight lifting.”

I told myself a lie that I didn’t need to run because I am working in the flower garden and walking.

GOD KNOWS BEST: My body started to ache and my posture was leaning more forward because I only walked. I need to run and lift weights.

The difference of weight lifting and running daily is already showing up in my posture and amount of pain after just a week. I need to make it priority one.

GOD IS SO GOOD. If I would just listen and obey.