Today, I went to the gym, put the song "The more the seek you" by Kari Jobe, and decided to do 20 minutes on the stair master ( it is a beast). Now, let me tell you that I damaged my Achilles tendon in September and ended up in a medical boot in October for several months. So, I am just now starting back up in the gym and getting on the stair master seemed to be a not so good idea. I was listening to my worship and 5 minutes had passed, and it seemed as if I would not even last one minute longer. It was hard and my legs were hurting. I said to myself, "as soon as this beautiful song end I am going to get off this thing and I am going to do something else," but when the song stopped at around 6 1/2 minutes in I felt prompted to put on this song by Isaac Carree, " In the middle." It is an upbeat praise song that reminds you no matter what you are going through praise God in the middle of it. Well, all of a sudden I started praising Him and made it through that song, which ended around 13 minutes in. I said, "I will just go to 15 minutes" and would be proud that I made it that far. I do not know why, but I repeated that song and felt like I could do it. Guess what? I completed my goal of 20 minutes, not only that I did not have it on manual (slow pace), I had the nerve to have it on the aerobic setting. I got off that thing feeling like I conquered the world.
Now, you might say what does this have to do with Love. Remember, yesterday I posted that Love is a muscle that must be exercised. Sometimes when we choose to love after we have been hurt and our heart have been damaged it is so hard to attain the goal to Love! You ask yourself, " can I really do this?" In the beginning you might say, "man I have done my part and it is enough," so you began to slow down or maybe you decide to give up all together. It seems impossible, but with God nothing is impossible. The thing I love is that when I started it was my worship and my desire to be one with Him that caused me to not even care about the pain in the first place. I was caught up in worship! My focus was on Him when I got on that darn machine, but I am not going to fake the funk, once I was going for 6 minutes the reality of what it cost once I started the process of working out feels as if it is not worth it! We have an inner strength that I can not really explain. When we do not even realize that with every step of courage we take to exercise even when we do not want to, when it hurts, and when it seems impossible is strengthening our core. You get it? With every act big or small towards your goal to love is strengthening your core. You do not always see immediate results, but you are building your muscles and burning away a lot of access fat that is weighing you down.
So you can do it! Ask God to help you Love like you have never been hurt before! I worked out today as if I never hurt my ankle. Yes, it might hurt in the beginning, but if you can praise your way pass the pain you can reach the goal to Love. It is not easy, but it is worth it. Find the courage and strength to Love today! You will be amazed at what else you can do! I started with the stair master today, but I did not stop there.
Be Encouraged. "It is not always easy, but it will be worth it"
Tiffany James, Encouraging Touch Enterprise
"Give a gift that creates a Legacy to Encourage, Inspire, and Bless those you love for a life time"
"Give a gift that creates a Legacy to Encourage, Inspire, and Bless those you love for a life time"
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