GPS free = freedom

Before my last race I told my husband I was going to take a month off and get fat and lazy.  Well....that lasted about three days.  I was on the treadmill after a week.  Today, two weeks later, I went for a nice brisk run OUTSIDE!  It was beautiful.   

The best part?  Well, it was a GPS-free day.  That meant I didn't know how fast or how far.  That also meant I was free to enjoy the day, 

enjoy the scenery,

and my talk with God. 

Oh, how I missed my talks with God.  I know, it's only been two weeks, and it's not like I haven't prayed in two week because I have.  It's just, well, I was praising God for the day and suddenly it hit me, I missed my quiet time with Abba Father.  When you have that, a personal, intimate relationship with the Father you miss it when it's gone. I didn't realize that until today. 

That made me think of my family. My son's on the other side of the world (until May and then he's a tiny bit closer), my mom and grandmother are 13-hours away, and then there's my sister.  I haven't seen her in years. I miss her.  She lives near my mother, however, there is tension there.  I'm very angry with my sister right now because she didn't come to Thanksgiving.  I drove 13 hours to see her, however, she did not drive 10 minutes to come see me or the rest of the family.  I forgive her though, because as I was praying for her, these thoughts came to my mind,  "whoever forgives little is forgiven little."   This is a paraphrase of several of Jesus' parables.  Matthew 18 and Luke 7.

So, sister, I forgive you.  I miss you and I love you.  

Why is GPS-free = freedom?   Because running GPS-free reminded me of how much I love my time with God, my time with God reminded me of forgiveness, forgiveness reminded me of freedom with Christ.  

Galatians 5:1  It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Be blessed.

Run Free.