A lesson disguised in the most unusual place :)

Sometimes we learn about the Lord and his will for our lives in the strangest most unexpected places. Lately I have been running and I never would have thought what the Lord would use with running alone but I have learned so much from it. I learned that when you feel like giving up to keep going and that your mind says where you can stop but your sould presses on beyond that point. You can keep going even when you feel the most tired, when you feel the most oppressed, and life seems to be taking control not you and definitely not the Holy Spirit. Every time I have this verse comes to mind where Paul says Hebrews 12:1
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin whcich so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
On our way to our heavenly father there are going to be many obstacles and distractions but we if we follow Him will endure all things. We may have to repent more then we would like to get those weights off of us, but we will triumph in the end, and God doesn't expect perfection just effort and completion.
Also when I was walking today after my run the Lord spoke to me that if I continued to look down while I walked I would not be able to see the Light. Often times the enemy tries to focus on our problems and not our Lord, thus we can not see the true beauty of life around us. We have to trust that there are no potholes along the way that we can fall into if we fear that and continue to look down we will never see what is up. It is better to keep looking up and fall once in awhile then continue to look down and never fall.