Endurance

When I think of endurance, I think of the many brutal workouts that I have done in the past 6 months with crossfit. Your endurance is tested when you are at a the breaking point of either quitting or pushing through the pain and finishing your workout. One of my favorite shows is, The Biggest Loser, when they first come on to the ranch they have no idea how hard it will be. Most of them have never pushed their bodies to a breaking point.

It is just now in the past couple of months that I have realized that endurance is part of my every day life not just in the gym or in dance. God gives you endurance when you are at the breaking point. I have started to figure out what is my God given races. What are the races that God truly wants you to finish?

An obvious more literal race is when I do workouts or conditioning for dance. I know that God is having me learn how to take care of my body. Another race he has me on is my business. My business is a breaking point. I am right now in the fire of wanting to quit, but I know that his blessing is so close! He is giving me endurance through my close Mary Kay friends. I have a stronger team then I ever have, but my muscles still are in pain. Another race I'm on is with short term missions. Since, I am getting married I am trying to figure out how those two loves go together. My heart loves missions. The last God given race that I'm on is with Drew. Any body that has known us through our entire relationship has seen the growth that we both have made. We are now starting to honor each other and love each other through our differences. On New Year's Eve @ midnight we both looked at each other (after kissin' of course!) and agreed that we have finally come to a place in our relationship that is good, really good.

Since those races are "God Given" He is giving me the endurance that I need to finish them!

What are your God given races?

"So let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way. And we should remove the sin that so easily catches us. Let us look only to Jesus." Hebrews 12:1b, 2a