What I learned from
getting Shin Splints.
Have you ever had to go through a time of testing? A time of
trying to succeed at something and every corner you turn, you find an obstacle?
(Ladies Share) (for me- Photography business)
My Goal: Run (jog) a 5K
I have never been a
runner. I have always stopped
when things got tough, to painful or I just got bored.
Isn't that how we are with God?
When things get tough or painful, we throw in the towel?
Maybe when the Bible becomes boring, we just stop reading?
(telling on myself)
Through training, I have had times of testing. Have you ever had shin splints? Or maybe an injury that kept you from a goal? (raise of hands)
-At times in our lives God calls us to run through the
pain.
-Sometimes
the pain is necessary for us to grow-
Just as your muscles hurt when you start exercising or push yourself to new heights, God does the same. Change! Change is always
hard. No one likes change. It is
uncomfortable and sometimes it hurts. When you want to make changes to your
body or your habits or your life, you will feel the uncomfortable pain of
change. I was in pain for 3 days after
I did my first workout - I couldn't even make it down the two steps outside my
house. I realized I had muscles that I
never knew I had.
- I
have to run through the pain when I want to give up. I wanted to just stop
when I felt the burning pain in my shins. It was like my legs were on fire. I
have to trust that God will take care of me through the pain I am going through. (There is a time to take a break and then
there is a time when you have to continue to work through the pain.)
-At times the pain is there to show us that we are doing
something wrong.
-
Sometimes God says, slow down and we don't listen. Sometimes our body's will tell us we are
doing too much too soon. (I am a go
getter. I go all out. No holding back. I am invincible! But then I can hurt myself and by doing that I take
myself out of the race.)
-
Sometimes we are just using the wrong gear!
A runners worst mistake is wearing the wrong shoe. If you do not take care of your feet, you
cannot run. You will hurt your feet, it goes to your shins, your knees, your hips, your back. It gets bad quick. When we decide to rely on
ourselves and not on God, we are using the wrong gear in our spiritual
lives.
Hebrews 12:1 - Wherefore seeing
we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with
patience the race that is set before us,
Matthew 11:28-30 - Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
As I ran through the pain, I was asking God for strength and
I was praising Him every time I got through it.
Just as I did while running, I should be doing the same thing every day
of my life. Thanking Him and praising
Him.
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