Sunday I was in my 5th Triathlon held in Tempe, AZ. It was a tougher course than I'm used to on the flat terrain of Florida but I had an amazing experience. I always know the run will be the toughest part-it's so mental for me and after swimming and half mile and biking 12 miles through some hills I always have to reach deep to find the determination at the run. I'm not a runner and if you know me you know I never will be. But that doesn't mean I can't run/shuffle (AKA ruffle). I've never been able do the run without stopping and as I hit mile 2 I decided to try to find a pace and stick to it...all the while I'm not really sure I can do it without stopping. So as I'm going I hear the Lord saying things like, "you can do more than you think you can". I started reflecting about the last 6 months of picking up my life as a single girl and moving to the desert to follow the call of God on my life. I thought about all the valleys God had brought me through (and there have been some deep ones). The more I shuffled along the more I realized this race was a metaphor for my life....toward the end of the run we had a steep incline and I slowly passed a few people who had stopped to walk....as I reached the top I started across this big bridge and realized I could see the finish line. I sensed God's Spirit speaking to my heart again, "I knew you could do it...I know more about you than you know about yourself".....I started to hold back my tears and then thought, "what the heck, no one is here" I spent the last quarter mile in complete worship and even sprinted across the finish line. There was no big fan club waiting for me like there is at home but I pulled away and spent a few moments in prayer and gratitude for my life and this awesome season. What a race.....I want to keep running.
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