Runners High :: In 3 Pics, The view is not enough.

     I so enjoy running the Rickenbacker Bridge on Saturday mornings. Since the beginning of this year, I've run it over 20 times. In truth I started as part of a New Year's resolution- loose weight and get healthy. What I did not expect was the transforming perspective running would give me.

     Each time I'm out... I have these moments of intense focus and sublime clarity. I now refer to them as gifts from God. These moments either help me understand something that has been happening in my life or as preparation for something about to happen.

Today was no different; Have you ever thought about your future?

     My run is 5 miles long and broken up into goals. From my car to the top of the W. Powell Bridge, from WP to the Miami Seaquarium (half way point) back to the top of the WP Bridge and off to my car. Today as I ran I had this thought; just because I can see my goals does not mean I have reached them. I could see the the bridge, but that wasn't good enough. 

     When I got to the top of the bridge, the view of the Miami sky line to my left, the bay to my right was amazing, in fact, distracting. In the distance, I could see the Seaquarium, but the view was not enough. My goal had yet to be reached, I was not done!

     I feel like sometimes we are so enamored by the view of the goal before us that we stop striving towards the goal... And that's a true shame. I believe God has a plan for us all! The prophet Jeremiah declared on behalf of God "I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for." (Jeremiah 29:11 MSG)

     I hear the cry of Paul the Apostle "...Everyone runs; one wins. Run to win."(1 Corinthians 9:24 MSG) or even better, in The book of Timothy "This is the only race worth running. I've run hard right to the finish, believed all the way." (2 Timothy 4:7 MSG)

We are on God's mind, if only we would keep Him on ours.