Time for a run

Ok. So I haven't seriously ran since I graduated from high school (Geez, its already been two years, doesn't seem like it's been that long), currently I jog a mile or two every couple of days, but nothing competitive at all. Anywho. I plan on being competitive in Lindenwood's upcoming 5k run/walk in October, so just to see where I am at currently I pushed myself to run an entire 5k this morning nonstop and managed make it in at 27 minutes. . .so I will keep pushing myself until October, and I will not be disappointed with any time I get, 27 is a pretty decent time, especially first time with no competition pushing me. I will keep I Corinthians 9:24-27 in mind as I train:

     " Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, 

but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. 

Athletes exercise self-control in all things; 

they do it to receive a perishable garland, but we an imperishable one. 

So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air; 

but I punish my body and enslave it,

 so that after proclaiming to others 

I myself should not be disqualified."

"Exercise self-control in all things," that is an interesting thought. I am reminded of what the Greek philosopher/physician/scientist Aristotle said on excellence:

    "We are what we repeatedly do; 

Excellence ,therefore, is not an act but a habit" 

As with my athletic training I plan on staying disciplined with my spiritual training and not get side-tracked during this upcoming school year. Who I am is not who I was, and I will not be the fool that returns to his folly. I've got my eye on the prize and I will not be deterred this time around. I will rejoice in the Lord at all times in all circumstances for by His grace I am saved, and by His grace I will be provided for, there is nothing more I need. The Lord is my Shepard. I shall not want.

God Bless,

   Poncho