Day 2:
8:15 AM:
Aubrey wakes me up....HELLO....the
5K starts in 45 minutes!!! Are you serious!???
I had planned on having
at least an hour in prayer to prepare myself for this ridiculous
challenge. Why did I sign up for this thing again?
My look today: pig
tails, yoga pants, leg warmers (I bought
3 years ago and just opened the package) and a cute swimmers shirt and jacket I borrowed from Aubrey. Despite the freezing Iowa wind I was
sweating bullets.
Kneeling at the foot of
the bed crying out (in a whisper) to Jesus for grace to do this thing...He gave
me the scripture "you will rise up on wings like eagles, you will run and
not grow weary and you will walk and not faint" (wish I knew the
verse to share with you). Ok, that’s a good one God, thanks.
PEACE
I looked in the mirror
before heading downstairs: lo and behold.....I LOOK LIKE A RUNNER! No,
really, if I didn't know myself I'd say I was a runner. But I Do know me
and I couldn’t be further from it.
Walking down the stairs
of my Grandma Barb's house that morning for the zillionth time in my life I had
peace....a strange peace that I had to fight for in the midst of great fear.
As soon as everyone saw me the chuckles commenced. Huh, why is
everyone laughing....
