Today it is cool and raining outside. The sound of the rain on the roof and the water dropping off the eves of the house, spawns a passive mood for the day. The temptation to put another log on the fire and daydream the day away is a force to be reckoned with. The easy road, the comfortable place, is a good place to stop and recoup from all the hard miles performed. But ---
This rest stop is no place to live. At the end of the day called our lives, a life spent at the rest stop won't be that fulfilling to look back upon. We can easily be cheated out of the most rewarding and fulfilling and thrilling aspects of our lives by the comfort zones of life's rest stops.
I have put a lot of time and effort into this venture already - it is week 18 of training, for goodness sakes - and this is no place to stop and count your blessings. It is time to leave the rest stop and go out and receive even more blessings that God has in store for you.
Oh yes, the Bible says, "Be still and know that I am God." But my contention is that once we are still and we know God from it, it is time to leave the rest stop and embrace the gift He has prepared for us. My goal is to pursue the gifts God has up the road for me, like Ironman Texas 2022: win, lose, pass, or fail, I am leaving the rest stop.
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