The Lions Rohrer!

First off, let’s talk about my run! It went wonderful today!! 10 miles in 1:45 with walk breaks and all. Not bad someone whose not worrying about their time for their first half marathon! (Secretly I’d love to keep my actual race time to 2:00 hrs but I’m trying not to let that get in the way of my training.) They all say not to worry about your time for your first time racing that distance because you just need to finish and know you CAN do it! When I was on mile 6 or 7 my calf started hurting real bad so I tried to slow it down a little. There were a few more hills on my route that I wasn’t expecting! All in all I’m thankful for my run this morning! God was definitely there helping me along when I wanted to give up!

On that note, I just have to say how wonderful my God is!! I’m so underserving of everything that He has blessed me with (my amazingly wonderful husband, both our families support and soo soo soo much more!). I was reading in Matthew 6 today. It’s all about being humble and don’t do things to get praise or approval from people, instead, do everything for an audience of One…God. I can struggle with this at times. I never thought I was prideful but I guess that’s the first indication that maybe I am! ha! Go figure!! God always seems to have a way to open our hearts and show us what we need to work on and He does this in the most sweetest way possible.

 A few years ago I did a bible study call “Falling in love with Jesus” by Dee Brestin and Kathy Triccoli. It was when I started to put Him first in my life that this study came to life in such a real way! In the study they talk about being “Kissed by the King” which simply means that God has touched your heart and you share a sweet moment with Him. I LOVE those moments!!! I know God is always near but its in those moments when you REALLY feel His presence.

So, in my reading today, I felt like I had been Kissed by my King. God lovingly showed me that I need to do the things I do (helping someone out, serving at church, my DAY TO DAY activities) I need to do them for God and God only. In my reading it stated this ” Do we clamor for attention and achievement? Jesus invites us to let go of that competive struggle, to trust that God’s opinion of us is the only one that ultimately counts.”  Wow, that struck something inside of me. You know we all know this but how often do we really believe it?!  Our ego’s get in the way and we want to look like we have it all together and that we’re doing better than someone else. Hmmm…maybe I’m the only one who can struggle with this but I truly doubt it. We all have our own struggles. Some are more obvious than others but they are all our own individual struggles. BUT God is always there to encourage us along the way to not give up. My God is the most wonderful God there is. He’s the real deal.

My man plays tonight at a coffee shop. I’m super pumped to watch them! He has a stiff neck so it’ll be interesting to see how he “rocks” on stage!