"She's a RUNNER!"

Well, since I have ditched my ipod when I walk for a while (I really need NEW music!) I now have plenty of time to think of things I might like to put on my blog... aren't you lucky. Today I decided I need to change the name of my blog...


In my mind, I am a runner. In reality... if you go for a walk, and "run" for a block, you are allowed to say you "went for a run". See how that works? But I'm really trying. I am so inspired by my husband. He is so consistent with running and training for races. He's not a fast runner at all. He's consistent. In fact, he's consistent in all areas of his life. Inspiring. Another thing I have been working on this week: being encouraging. I read this verse:

Proverbs 25:11 "A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver".

And thought that was something I really need to work on. I am a firm believer that you just never know when something you say or do is going to really affect people. I prefer to try to POSITIVELY affect them... it certainly could go the other way. I've been thinking about this a lot this week, especially after talking with my sister, Tracy, and hearing the kind of week she's been having! ANYWAY... as I was out this morning walking, I decided it was time to try to hit one of my goals for the month of running for 5 minutes without stopping. I tend to just stop. Alot. So, I started... and just when I was yelling at myself (in my mind, thank you!) NOT to stop, I went past this house where a woman was out playing with her little kids. All of a sudden, she said to them, "She's a runner!". Being the dork that I am, I gave her 2 thumbs up and very dramatically said, "THANK YOU!!! OH THANK YOU!!" so, THANK YOU, random-lady-on-Island-Dr-who-made-my-day (because I am CERTAIN you read my blog). Those apples of gold made me keep going. To 5 minutes and 2 seconds.

Then I got to thinking about this Random Lady. And the fact that these words cross my lips a lot: "random girl in tampa thinking about you... random acts of kindness (RAK)... random blog entries...." get it? It occurred to me as I continued on, WAS that lady REALLY so random? When you leave a comment for Jonah's Mom (see icon at left) that a "random person is praying for you", is that REALLY so random? I mean, I believe that God is in control of everything. It's NOT so random afterall.

I also decided that it might be kind of fun to LOOK for the not so random moments in life...