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.