No worries, I won't be writing this post in another language or anything! Boker Tov means "Good morning" in Hebrew. I thought it might catch your eye since it caught mine, so there you have it my friends.
Good morning.
The plan this morning was for me to get up and go for a run. Did that happen? No...because it's raining! So instead, I'm staring at my computer screen with some fruit medley oatmeal and a nice cup of joe. I pulled the bowl of hot water for my oatmeal out of the microwave this morning and spilt it all over my left leg. It burns!
Once I woke up and realized it was raining, I went to lay back in my bed to decide what I wanted to do. Rainy days are the "lazy" days around here, and maybe for you, too. I can never find motivation to do anything besides read a nice book and drink coffee or stay in bed all day watching Netflix. I was really bummed that I didn't get to run because I really need to. Running is my top form of releasing stress and refilling myself with peace. I absolutely love running down a road surrounded by the smell of all the greenness and pretty flowers that surround me on both sides.
There is a special type of run that I go on at the most random times, though. These are called my spiritual runs. If I'm stressed, feeling empty, emotional, or anything that has to do with me just not being myself, I go on these runs. I don't plan these runs, they are a spur of the moment ordeal. Even if I'm working on homework, having a conversation with someone, whatever it is, I will get this kick inside of me from out of the blue that tells me it's time to run. Now. That's when I drop what I'm doing, toss some shorts and a tee on, lace my shoes up and fly out the door. I have a playlist of all my favorite Christian songs that I run to on these runs. During these runs, I count my blessings, thank God for many things, and especially admire His creation. This brings me such peace and I walk in the door feeling renewed afterwards. These runs are when I have my best running times, too. Something inside of me makes me run faster, and I do. something inside of me won't let me stop, so I don't. Talk about a runner's high- this is mine! And I encourage you to try it and see what you think! I went one night over my Christmas break and just so happened to look at the sky at the most perfect time and guess what I saw? A shooting star. Nashville's sky was planted with stars that night so there is no way you could have seen it unless you were looking at that very small ounce of the sky for that one second to watch it disappear back into darkness. I like to call it my special shooting star, because it was. Maybe it was yours, too. I'm willing to share :)
Well, you see, this morning I was going to go for a spiritual run. Considering I don't have a rain jacket, however, that couldn't really happen without me getting sick. I might have chanced it, but I also woke up with a sore throat this morning. Naturally, I complained and went to lay back in bed. The very second I laid back down, the thought of "peace" was planted on my mind.
And you know what I realized? Peace can be obtained from so many other things- not. just. running! This is an obvious thing I know, but when I get set on something it's all my mind thinks about. But right now, as I type this, other ways of obtaining peace are starting to cross my mind.. God kept me inside today for a reason.
Today I will be still. And I will listen to what He has to say.
I am going to plant myself in scripture this afternoon and dig deep. I don't know what book I'll be reading in, so let's just say whatever I open up to is where I'll begin.
With that being said, Shalom! (that means peace in Hebrew),
Emily Lauren
Good morning.
The plan this morning was for me to get up and go for a run. Did that happen? No...because it's raining! So instead, I'm staring at my computer screen with some fruit medley oatmeal and a nice cup of joe. I pulled the bowl of hot water for my oatmeal out of the microwave this morning and spilt it all over my left leg. It burns!
Once I woke up and realized it was raining, I went to lay back in my bed to decide what I wanted to do. Rainy days are the "lazy" days around here, and maybe for you, too. I can never find motivation to do anything besides read a nice book and drink coffee or stay in bed all day watching Netflix. I was really bummed that I didn't get to run because I really need to. Running is my top form of releasing stress and refilling myself with peace. I absolutely love running down a road surrounded by the smell of all the greenness and pretty flowers that surround me on both sides.
There is a special type of run that I go on at the most random times, though. These are called my spiritual runs. If I'm stressed, feeling empty, emotional, or anything that has to do with me just not being myself, I go on these runs. I don't plan these runs, they are a spur of the moment ordeal. Even if I'm working on homework, having a conversation with someone, whatever it is, I will get this kick inside of me from out of the blue that tells me it's time to run. Now. That's when I drop what I'm doing, toss some shorts and a tee on, lace my shoes up and fly out the door. I have a playlist of all my favorite Christian songs that I run to on these runs. During these runs, I count my blessings, thank God for many things, and especially admire His creation. This brings me such peace and I walk in the door feeling renewed afterwards. These runs are when I have my best running times, too. Something inside of me makes me run faster, and I do. something inside of me won't let me stop, so I don't. Talk about a runner's high- this is mine! And I encourage you to try it and see what you think! I went one night over my Christmas break and just so happened to look at the sky at the most perfect time and guess what I saw? A shooting star. Nashville's sky was planted with stars that night so there is no way you could have seen it unless you were looking at that very small ounce of the sky for that one second to watch it disappear back into darkness. I like to call it my special shooting star, because it was. Maybe it was yours, too. I'm willing to share :)
Well, you see, this morning I was going to go for a spiritual run. Considering I don't have a rain jacket, however, that couldn't really happen without me getting sick. I might have chanced it, but I also woke up with a sore throat this morning. Naturally, I complained and went to lay back in bed. The very second I laid back down, the thought of "peace" was planted on my mind.
And you know what I realized? Peace can be obtained from so many other things- not. just. running! This is an obvious thing I know, but when I get set on something it's all my mind thinks about. But right now, as I type this, other ways of obtaining peace are starting to cross my mind.. God kept me inside today for a reason.
Today I will be still. And I will listen to what He has to say.
I am going to plant myself in scripture this afternoon and dig deep. I don't know what book I'll be reading in, so let's just say whatever I open up to is where I'll begin.
With that being said, Shalom! (that means peace in Hebrew),
Emily Lauren