verticallife

“I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.” I was struck by this passage in the longest chapter of the Bible. Running and running after God have both become freeing to me. I’m no longer running because I have to but because I want to. I’m no longer running after God because I have to but because I want to.

This will be a short post, for I simply want to jot down some thoughts on “chapters” I should write for a book on running with God.

• Small Beginnings: went out not caring about how far I went or how long it took me.
• Being challenged: talking with Steve Rose at the track, challenging me to run further and faster.
• Being the challenger: helping others on the journey, like Michelle, new friends on the track…
• Ancient runners: was Paul a runner?
• Endurance running. Endurance living.
• Hindrances: there are things that hinder my running and my living. God asked me about the “weight” I needed to drop in order for me to run my race (Hebrews 12:1-2).
• New adventures: keeping it fresh by planning out new trails, sometimes long before I’m ready to run longer miles.
• Rest.
• Doing too much too soon: avoiding burnout.
• Interview runners and learn from their lives (like your personality profiles from Insider Business Journal or Runner’s World “I’m a runner”).