got to run today as we were off school due to lingering snow and ice on some roads. all that was on my road was dust, and the mail carrier kicked it up as he zoomed past me to deliver yet one more llbean holiday gift catalog to my big silver box. i thought about these as i ran:
- jack bought a toaster oven at a benefit auction for a lady who needs help paying for her kidney transplant. he used his own $50. he is 11. and i am humbled.
- one of geronimo's great-great-grandsons is coming over for dinner tomorrow night. will an apache chief from new mexico like molasses ginger cookies?
- there are these young ladies with eating disorders. and i pray and worry and answer questions and texts. i want god to move in them. to push them closer to health than they could possibly get on their own.
this running is about more than fitness. it's real time with god. it's no interruptions time with god. i finished the last uphill today, my faith stronger, believing that my boys are growing their relationships with jesus, that tomorrow night with an apache chief who loves god will be amazing, and that my ladies who are struggling against an illness that their loved ones are hard pressed to understand will not. stop. fighting.
linking up with jen.
I get the running thing now. For the longest time, I couldn't understand why...until I made it a discipline of my own. And that's so cool that you're meeting Geronimo's great-great grandson! My daughter is 1/2 Native American, so I have great reverence for that heritage!
ReplyDeleteThe toaster oven -- oh that just warmed my heart. It just thrills me to death when kids are selfless, when they recognize a need a fill it, unprompted, or rather prompted by the Holy Spirit.
ReplyDeleteThis is so wonderful..the outpouring of love from a child's heart in action. Absolutely precious.
ReplyDeleteCan't thank you again for your encouragement the last time with my post.
Hope you are well...
Erin
Love to see God working in kids...sometimes it surprises me because my relationship with Him didn't start until later...but it is so awesome! It is really cool to see God work through what you have dealt with to encourage others...He can use even our weakest, darkest moments and redeem them beautifully!
ReplyDeleteTotally love this post, Kendal. Jack? Absolutely amazing. And the Apache chief? How cool is that? And you praying for and working with suffering girls? You are God's amazing servant. YOU humble me!
ReplyDeleteOk, where to even start? I can't decide which is a bigger deal, the $50 toaster oven bought by your eleven year old or an Apache chief coming to hang at your house. Leaning towards Geronimo's great-great grandson. I will be patiently awaiting a detailed post on the entire evening.
ReplyDeleteThat Jack sounds like a fine young man. Geronimo and New Mexico and molasses cookies all in the same blog post. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteA fellow runner...and I totally relate! I have the most unexplainable conversations with God while I run. It is like I can become so focused and I am open!
ReplyDeleteIt's more than fitness, it is real time with God...yes! nice to meet you
A fellow runner...and I totally relate! I have the most unexplainable conversations with God while I run. It is like I can become so focused and I am open!
ReplyDeleteIt's more than fitness, it is real time with God...yes! nice to meet you
This is so wonderful..the outpouring of love from a child's heart in action. Absolutely precious.
ReplyDeleteCan't thank you again for your encouragement the last time with my post.
Hope you are well...
Erin
i miss running for the very reason you write of... blessings ~ tanna
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