At the beginning of last year I read John “the penguin” Bingham and Jenny Hadfield’s book Marathoning for Mortals. In it they said that most people, given the correct training, have the physical ability to run a marathon (26.2 miles). The reason most people don’t run one is because they don’t have the heart for it.
This morning I was perfectly physically capable of running the eight miles my training schedule called for but my heart wasn’t into it. I got out anyway and when I was finished I was glad I ran.
I’ve sung this same tune here before, but today it got me to thinking about choices in life in general. Running is such a mental pursuit, just like life. If I could just make up my mind that I will do the hard thing and make the best choice rather than taking the easy way out and choosing the thing that will destroy me.
"Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live!”
Deuteronomy 30:19
I have the capacity to make the right choice; sometimes I don’t have the heart for it.
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