8k 41min + 8k 61min
It is Republic day in India. The only sign of it on my run this morning (I did two circles of the lake) were the few policemen obviously getting ready to protect some dignitaries on their way to the festivities in sector 17. Freedom is something that you do not appreciate when you have always had it, but only when you have experienced oppression and bondage.
Most good things are like that. You hardly recognize them until they are taken away. There's this old song from Amy Grant where it says "You don't know what you've got till its gone." This is the version of Counting Crows: http://youtu.be/FdLEdkiXm9c
I know I do not appreciate my wife and my kids as I should. And what about my work and not to mention my health and the ability to run. Irene still cannot run due to her foot injury and she is getting rather frustrated with it. She will have to work hard to get out of the "bondage" that this causes. But how much more she will appreciate the ability to run again when that day comes.
I guess what I am saying is "count your blessings". What have you got to be thankful for. Whatever it is, it can be taken away at any moment so appreciate it while you have it! Well, almost everything can be taken away. See what the Bible says about something that cannot be taken away.
Romans 8:
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Keep running
Stephan
It is Republic day in India. The only sign of it on my run this morning (I did two circles of the lake) were the few policemen obviously getting ready to protect some dignitaries on their way to the festivities in sector 17. Freedom is something that you do not appreciate when you have always had it, but only when you have experienced oppression and bondage.
Most good things are like that. You hardly recognize them until they are taken away. There's this old song from Amy Grant where it says "You don't know what you've got till its gone." This is the version of Counting Crows: http://youtu.be/FdLEdkiXm9c
I know I do not appreciate my wife and my kids as I should. And what about my work and not to mention my health and the ability to run. Irene still cannot run due to her foot injury and she is getting rather frustrated with it. She will have to work hard to get out of the "bondage" that this causes. But how much more she will appreciate the ability to run again when that day comes.
I guess what I am saying is "count your blessings". What have you got to be thankful for. Whatever it is, it can be taken away at any moment so appreciate it while you have it! Well, almost everything can be taken away. See what the Bible says about something that cannot be taken away.
Romans 8:
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Keep running
Stephan
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