Way Off Track

tonight i was at work late again, and no shannan it was not because i was harvesting crops. i did that after it was already too late to run. so i did not run tonight. i am a little leery about running at night now since a guy tried to hit me the other night. it was about dusk and he was in a black truck and kept edging closer and closer until i had to jump off the road and into the ditch, no cars were coming the other direction either. but i think i can run tomorrow and friday mornings and get the long run in on sat. evening. if anyone is reading this at about 5:30am thurs. morning (cst) feel free to call and wake me up.

i have been having a hard time this week trying to get everything in. i knew i would have an occasional week like this, so i don't feel that bad. but if i can get all of my running in that will be one more hurdle i have overcome.

i am still waiting on Todd to answer some questions i sent him on facebook about running, he keeps promising me i will get an answer soon ;) I am also not sure what to do next weekend when zeke and i are going camping. we will leave sat and get back mon. good enough to miss my long run of that week. i guess i could just stay on schedule for the days i have missed and then it would probably all even out. i am sure i will be ok, it's only a marathon.

tonight i will talk on a topic i don't think i have discussed before, worry. "God offers you just that: the possibility of a worry-free life. Not just less worry, but no worry." studies have shown this about the things we worry about:
40% never happen
30% are about unchangeable deeds of the past
12% focus on opinions of others that can't be controlled
10% center on personal health (which worsens when we worry)
8% concern real problems we can influence

so 92% of our worries can't possibly change a thing! "not only is worry irrelevant, doing nothing; worry is irreverent, distrusting God." "Rather than take away tomorrow's trouble, worry voids today's strength." these quotes and stats are taken from Come Thirsty by Max Lucado. when i read this chapter i came up with the thought that worry doesn't increase life, it decreases it. because you worry trying to figure out what you are going to do about this or that and you put life on hold. this does come back to a previous topic, fear. and we all know what happens when you live in fear, you aren't really living, you are merely existing. we all know that if you wrap yourself into something that is bad, you live a bad life. trust in The Lord. He is your strength and fortress. no matter what he allows to happen to you, it is the best for you. this leads me to my all time favorite verse, "The Lord is my light and my salvation- whom shall i fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life- of whom shall i be afraid." Psalm 27.1 if you like that at all read the rest of Psalms 27, then you will definitely be able to get one of those stickers for your car and flaunt it truthfully "No Fear." (i have a couple of the shirts too if anyone would like to borrow one to show off your new found confidence) :)