livin'

shin splints & other things

yep. last week i had one of my best runs. i was running at a good pace; not feeling tired at all. so i kept running until i had pretty much doubled my distance. everything was going great until i slowed to a walk and started picturing a life with unusable legs. SHIN SPLINTS! oh it's true. painfully true. only now, a week and a half later, are my legs being gracious to me. i mean, i can actually walk without wincing now. that's been nice. ;)

so i've learned my lesson. check. i will not be tricked into pushing myself too far next time. training takes time, sometimes i just don't have the patience with myself. too much of a good thing really can be bad.....


and on to "OTHER THINGS"...

this week in DTS Richard Dahlstrom, the pastor of the church i attend here in Seattle, is speaking. he has been speaking on Genesis. same old stories us who were raised in christian homes have grown up hearing from sunday school until now, only when Richard teaches, the Bible comes alive. it's been quite revolutionary for many of the students.

he went through the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Joseph .... how all of them tried to do things on their own strength...trying to 'help' God fulfill His promises. i mean, look at Abraham....OOPS! we're still seeing the effects of him trying to take matters into his own hands. yes, these are the people that make up the geneology of Christ. and why would God choose their line to be one from which to enter the world as the Messiah? maybe it's because God chooses us, not according to who we are, but because he wants to write a story of transformation. so that when people look at our lives they don't say "oh look how clever Amanda is", but rather "look what God has done in her life". the glory has to go to Him!!

1 CORINTHIANS 1:26&27
Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

that God would choose to use us despite the huge messes we make, are testimony to God's faithfulness. but in order for people to see transformation they have to see what we are being transformed from, yeah? so then it would be true to say that God is very interested in us living transparent lives. a hard and quite scary thing to do. but how freeing to know that i don't have to get it right every time....God will remain true to His words even if i don't. His character isn't dependant on mine and it doesn't change when mine does. what a relief!

posted by Amanda @ 5:31 PM