Scaling Back: Head Games

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Head Games

Today is the Lake Wylie Splash Dash 2011. I signed up the glow of my "Big Win" at the Thin Mint Sprint @ Carowinds last month.

This morning I've wondered, "What was I thinking…"

The hills are going to be steep, there will more experienced runners and it's going to be hot.

Still, there's hope that I won't embarrass myself.

Since my first 5k last November I have become stronger physically, I've lost 20 pounds, and mentally I am focused on my personal time I need to beat, 44.31.

So it really won't matter if I'm the last one across the finish line today. I'm already a winner just for trying.

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Taking His Word to heart

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.

Psalm 31:24

My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.

Psalm 119:148

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:9

Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O Lord.

Psalm 89:15

Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. Psalm 40:4

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Just because something is technically legal doesn't mean that it's spiritually appropriate. If I went around doing whatever I thought I could get by with, I'd be a slave to my whims. 1 Corinthians 6:12 MSG

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. Deuteronomy 30:11

It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. Ecclesiastes 5:

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

1 Peter 5:8

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:4

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Jeremiah 33:3

We make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

2 Corinthians 5:9

However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me — the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.
Acts 20:24

"Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit," says the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6