How Great is Our God!

The sun was shining brightly this morning so I went outside for my quiet time today. It was a glorious morning! For the summer, I am changing things up a bit and am going to do part of my quiet time before my run, so I can be thinking on what the Lord taught me that morning. I have been running first (early) and then working in my quiet time before breakfast. This hasn't always worked and I have been seeing that I have not been as consistent as I should be. I also have needed some more structure to my Bible reading, so I have developed a plan! Does that surprise you? I seem to thrive on schedules and plans...I just operate better this way. The truth is I know myself well enough to know it would not get done if I didn't have some sort of structure and goal. That is why I love having weekly menu plans with our dinners, a running schedule, and a quiet time plan. If things don't go as planned, though, it is OKAY! Flexibility is something God has been teaching me, too.

I am going back to some basics. I need this right now. I have even taken much needed time away from facebook and my other blog to get more focused. Some things in life can be allowed and fine to do, but can be a big distraction at times. I have chosen some characteristics of God and will be spending one week on each characteristic..reading scripture that describes the Lord, memorizing some key verses from the passages, and meditating on these truths as I run and throughout the day. My goal is to see how perfect and wonderful God is and think on it daily. I have to train my mind to do this because as the day goes I begin to allow God not to be first and foremost in my thoughts.

This week I am focusing on the Greatness of God. Pretty basic and simple...but yet so profound and mind boggling.

I read these verses before my run this morning:

Psalm 86:8-13

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.
All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
For you are great and do wondrous things;
you alone are God.
Teach me your way, O Lord,
that I may walk in your truth;
unite my heart to fear your name.
I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
and I will glorify your name forever.
For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

I hope you don't mind me sharing these kinds of things here. I feel like this is a small group of us who have some things in common...mainly loving God and running...and that binds our hearts together as friends. I like being able to share things the Lord is teaching me as well as how my running is going.

Ipod highlights were *Who Am I* by Casting Crowns and *Mighty To Save* by Michael W. Smith.



My Run:

I started out feeling really good after resting yesterday, so I decided to push a mile and see how fast I could run it. My first mile was 7:40. Ack--it was hard. I stopped and walked for one minute afterwards and then finished my run at a more relaxed pace.

Distance--4.64 miles
Time--39:36
Pace--8:32/mi