Against the Wind ....
.....we were running against the wind. We were young and strong, we were running against the wind.
I couldn't help but think of that song as we were hiking this morning. It was tremendously windy at the top of the hill on Pena Adobe. As we began our running portion of the hike were were literally running against the wind. I found it took much more effort. My breathing became more labored. The muscles in my legs were burning. My gait slowed down and the intensity increased. I couldn't look ahead cause my eyes were watering like crazy. I could only look down on the path in front of me. Looking only at each step that I took.
I have always related the wind to the Holy Spirit in my life. The Spirit that guides me; that teaches and trains me in the way I should go.
I felt like God was showing me that it's not easy, this life we live. That it takes work and effort and perseverance. That I should not always look ahead, but only what is right in front of me.
As I was straining to make it through a real strenuous time against the wind, I felt it shift and come along side of me for awhile, which made it a little easier and then actually come up behind me and in fact pushed me through to the end.
How awesome is our God that He is our personal trainer. He encourages us when it gets tough, comes along side us when we're slowing down and picks us up and carries us when we have nothing left.
I love you Lord.
posted by Tracy @ 9:21 AM
8 Comments:
beautiful tracy...very timely for me... thank you
Wow, you were thinking all that while we were running??? All I could think of was, "Man, this is HARD!"
I must say though that now that you have put it all down, I can definitely relate both to the actual experience and the analogy behind it. Good thoughts, Tracy, and very timely for me as well...
That is beautiful Tracy, I truly am blessed to see your heart for God! Maybe one of these mornings I'll get to run against the wind with you guys!
So good...I really love hearing each person's heart in a new and different way through this medium. Thank you my friend.
Running against the wind in hard. But, knowing God is there beside us AND we have good friends along side us, we will make it...right? I don't know what I would do with all of you right now. Thanks for sharing Tracey.
i was on a treadmill at fitness 19, thinkin' , "man this sure is tough!"... no wind beatin' me down, eyes not waterin'...
thanks for some perspective! i had it easy compared to you!
Hey Tracy,
I love the artwork you found for this post!
I can remember hiking at Pena Adobe in the spring when it was all muddy/cow-poopy & gross. I used to think "Man, this is what it must be like for God to watch us tredge through our sin each day!" We would constantly have to wipe the caked off gross-ness from our shoes at the end of each hike. I know that is not very appealing to think about but it is one of the strongest visuals of how ugly sin is that I received.
There were so many spiritual revelations during the four years of hiking that mountain...I will miss it.
Very well put dear. I too run against the wind, somedays I feel like I really have a tail wind working for me, today I feel like I'm pushing into a hurricane. I LOVE YOU and I love your heart. Thank you for praying with me, and for me when I'm pushing into the hurricane.
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