Running and shoes

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.

Hebrews 12:1


After mass today, I went running with my brother and Corey. We got to talking and then of course it starts to get a little harder so I stop talking so instead I can use those moments to actually breath. In those quite moments, it's nice to just stop and listen to whats going around. I don't run as often as I should or as much as I used to, but it's times like that that remind me about why I do love it. It's just me, my mind and nothing else but God. Focusing on breathing in and out, it's hard to think of anything else. Every now and again though, my mind will wander off and I'll start thinking about things going on or things I haven't made time to think about that day. And I've sort of realized that for me, running is sort of like praying. Unless I just fall asleep, I pray before going to bed. And in doing so, in the middle of my little convo with God, my mind starts to wander and like while running, things I just hadn't made time to think about during the day start rushing to my head. It's like sometimes, God just opens our mind and it just starts racing. I've sat there for an hour before because different things just pop into my head. And they're just little things I may have forgotten or I just hadn't gotten to talk to about with anyone. It's God there every day and night ready to listen to us and what we have to say and think. He wants to listen to what we say. An Our Father or a Hail Mary are amazing prayers, but sometimes, it's our very own words and conversations with God that can go the distance and mean so much more.


p.s. AHHHHHH!!!! MY PICTURE IS ON TOMS.COM!! 

I uploaded this picture a few weeks ago:

and this is a picture of it on TOMS.com:

http://www.toms.com/how-we-wear-them/?p=9
by the time you see this post, it may be a few pages back, so just keep looking:)

Just wanted to share my excitement with you guys! I went to get my brother to come look at it right now and he thought I'd seen a bug and wanted him to kill it. Either way, I'm super excited! Kudos to Jordan for taking such great pics! Pretty sorta really awesome(ly) impressive? woooo! :D