Week 7 - Three Mile an Hour God

Last night (the eve of my long run) I was at the Jubilee Conference listening to the opening message from Don Opitz and during his presentation he referred to our "Three Mile an Hour God," as coined by Kosuke Koyama. Don went on to explain that the reason most of us miss the Lord in our daily lives is that we are running through life while God is moving at three miles an hour - pretty much a stroll through the park. Now Lisa and I were trekking along at a pace more than three miles an hour (Let's remember, Jesus walked this world in the Fertile Crescent, not Pittsburgh in winter. I'd make the case that you wouldn't see Jesus strolling at three miles an hour along the shores of the lake in North Park, because, frankly, there wouldn't be many folks for him to walk with.), but the concept is the same - running (even at a pace faster than 3 mph) allows me to slow down my life for a bit. Lisa and I spent 2+ hours with each other. We could choose to talk about whatever random thought crossed our minds or we could simply run in silence. So glad that I get to experience "slowing down" through running.

Highlight of the week - the four slices of pizza I downed at the office after our long run (we normally get Vocelli's, but today we got Pizza Parma and oh. my. gosh. was it delish)

Difficult part of the week - discovering it was actually 12 degrees this morning instead of 22 degrees, as advertised by the Weather Channel