Today I ran 7 miles. I hate running, but for some absurd reason, I signed up to run a half marathon in May, so I clearly have a lot of running to do to get in shape for this crazy thing. Because I hate this running, it has become a discipline for me to lace up my shoes and run three times a week. Doing this though has taught me a lot about discipline and how often we have to do things we just don't want to do.
Obviously I don't have to run, I could just chicken out and quit, but I think that knowing I set this huge goal for myself and not following through on that would be more painful than a 7 mile run. I can do this, even though I hate the process, in the end, when I cross that finish line, I am certain it will be a sweet victory.
I also just finished reading a book by Lauren Winner called Mudhouse Sabbath. It was a very interesting read. Lauren Winner was a Jew who converted to Christianity, and in the book, she writes about some of the spiritual disciplines and practices Jews observe, and how she has tailored those practices to her life as a Christian. I think I appreciated this book more because of the stage of life I am in. I am getting ready to graduate from college, and I have been thinking a lot about what I want my life to look life when I get out into the real, big world. Winner raises a lot of great points and questions I am still trying to figure out. I highly recommend it, especially since I feel that it left me to draw my own conclusions and figure out how I will practice the spiritual disciplines and what they will look like specific to me and my life.
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