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A Goal

This one is out there a ways… When I run the East Hampton Half Marathon on October 2 I would like to qualify for the New York Half Marathon (the Long Island event is a sanctioned qualifier). For my age group the time is 1 hour 48 minutes!

College Presidents

Thought I would send a complementary copy of the book to each of the A/G college presidents. They went out in the mail about 3 weeks ago. So far I have received 3 notes acknowledging the book. One said he was looking forward to reading it. Praise the Lord!pstr8×11 b

Encouraging

Three individuals have bought several extra copies of my book to hand out to friends – Dr. Don Meyer (the President of Valley Forge Christian College), a pastor in England, and a lady in New Jersey who is handing them out to a group of Bible Study Leaders. Woohoo! Very cool!

Race Day

So today I run my first race – the Battle Day 5K. Should be fun and give me a read on where I really am with getting fitter and faster!

I’m doing it!

…Spending as much time with Him as I spend running. It’s a good thing. I am not bragging – just reporting. I hope to encourage others to seek Him through my sharing my “strivin’ for revivin’.

Sweet!

Enjoying times in His presence. The sanctuary gives me a good spot to get away from everything - something is happening in me.

Equal time

The Lord is challenging me to spend as much time with Him – in worship, prayer, and His Word as I do running. If I am going to discipline my body to be strong it is right for me to discipline my spirit.

Resting, healing, running

It used to be that I ran two or three days in a row. Now I run – the next day I must rest. It’s part of the healing process after an injury. It turns out that even in normal usage when you use a muscle it damages it. Tiny tears are caused. A time of [...]

Rising from a fall

I fell hard on the concrete. The pain in my left hip was excruciating – almost causing me to pass out. The crowd gathered around offering a hand up and a glass of water. I couldn’t move for a while. When I could, all I could manage was a hobble. My desire, the cup of [...]

“Running” running too

I’ve been able to resume running in the last four weeks. This was after a forced layoff for nine weeks due to a hip pointer. I’m not quite back to the form I was in when I fell but it’s coming. I am grateful to the Lord to be able to run again.