I've been running..err jogging. I doubt any serious runner would call what I have been doing running, however I've been out there on the track and the road putting in the miles at a slow and steady pace. I'm doing this because I have a goal in mind. I signed up to participate in a 10K run in October.
Yesterday I was running along the beach and thinking about will power. I used to have great will power, but now not so much. My husband,on the other hand, is very strong. When he is training for something, his resolve to avoid treats or stay on his training schedule is impressive. So I was pondering why I choose to indulge in eating or acting in ways that don't help my 10k goals. I decided it that it was because I make the choice to enjoy life right now--meaning I want to taste the sweet flavor of that berry cobbler or skip my workout for a coffee date with my friends.
Then I heard the still small voice of the Lord telling me that I could enjoy life right now, in the moment by eating and drinking and chatting with friends. Or I could make different choices and enjoy LIFE. That means choosing with an eternal perspective.His Life flows in me, through me, energies me and gives me joy whether I am eating, drinking and socializing or choosing not to. I saw that I could enjoy His life in me if I ate or passed the dessert. And I remembered that eternal life is both now and later. I had lost my perspective. I had been short sighted and He was reminding me to enlarge my vision to take joy in both eating and abstaining. In Him I live and breathe and have my being, NOT in my senses. As I meditate on this and keep it in mind I hope to make more deliberate choices and enjoy LIFE not just life.
