running
Running is for me the most deeply personal form of worship that I can express. It is complete worship for me, body, mind, soul and spirit. It is a total submission to God, a laying aside of myself that nothing else quite achieves. Which is, at the very heart of it, what worship truly is--surrender.
Running has shown me that it truly is possible to worship in every circumstance, in every state of mind, in every emotion because I have ran through all of them. I have ran through anger, despair, hurt, exhaustion, sorrow, anguish, pain, desperation, apathy, peace, joy, happiness. In everything I have found a place of worship through surrender in running.
Running has not only been worship for me, but it has been a working out of my salvation (Philippians 2:12). I have worked through some of my hardest questions and deepest issues while running. I have found deep healing through running. I have cried. I have laughed. I have probably cursed (just being honest here). And I have found deep peace.
I have had some amazing runs. I have had some truly horrible runs. I have had runs that were mediocre. But every single one of them was worship poured out before God, and by His grace I have finished strong every time, pressing forward to the end.
A wise man once told me that running is the act of continuously falling forward. It is my prayer that I many continuously fall forward into the arms of the One who loves me for all of my days, and that on that very last run, I shall press forward to the goal, finishing strong to the very end.
Running has shown me that it truly is possible to worship in every circumstance, in every state of mind, in every emotion because I have ran through all of them. I have ran through anger, despair, hurt, exhaustion, sorrow, anguish, pain, desperation, apathy, peace, joy, happiness. In everything I have found a place of worship through surrender in running.
Running has not only been worship for me, but it has been a working out of my salvation (Philippians 2:12). I have worked through some of my hardest questions and deepest issues while running. I have found deep healing through running. I have cried. I have laughed. I have probably cursed (just being honest here). And I have found deep peace.
I have had some amazing runs. I have had some truly horrible runs. I have had runs that were mediocre. But every single one of them was worship poured out before God, and by His grace I have finished strong every time, pressing forward to the end.
A wise man once told me that running is the act of continuously falling forward. It is my prayer that I many continuously fall forward into the arms of the One who loves me for all of my days, and that on that very last run, I shall press forward to the goal, finishing strong to the very end.
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