Welcome to our weekly Five Minute Friday writing prompt link-up! Every week I share a one-word prompt and invite people like you to set a timer for five minutes and write your heart out.
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This week’s FMF writing prompt is: RUN
Setting my timer for five minutes, and . . . GO.Â
I ran today, for the first time in . . . let’s just say a while. Well, if you can even call it running. To tell the truth, I could probably walk faster than I jog. In fact, when I started out there was a couple walking briskly about two blocks ahead of me, and I never managed to pass them.
I don’t know what got into me. Maybe I was inspired by my kids’ first track meet yesterday. Maybe it was the fact that the sun was shining and the thermometer actually passed 60 degrees for the first time in weeks (months, perhaps?). Whatever the case, it felt good. I’m gonna feel it tomorrow — shucks, I already am . . . but it was worth it. And much of the time that I jogged (which was not long, I admit), I just felt so grateful for the ability to move my body.
There have been weeks and months of my life when I was not able to run for various reasons — knee injuries, surgeries, illnesses. I thought of many people I know who can’t run due to various physical ailments and conditions. And now that I’m 40 I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to jog, so I figured I should make the most of it while I still can.
I thought about the track meet from yesterday, how high school students of every shape and size competed their hearts out in various events, all giving their very best. And I thought about the Church. How we look so different from each other and all have varied gifts, but we’re all striving for the same finish line. May it be so.
STOP.
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Run ye like it don’t mean nothin’
run ye like devil’s behind
run ye while your breath is puffin’
run ye till you lose your mind.
Run ye over scrubby sand,
run ye over shiftin’ stones,
run ye to the promised land,
run ye past ol’ Moses’ bones.
Run ye while your legs are strong,
run ye while you hold back tears,
run ye, for it won’t be long
that you’re crippled by your fears
and you’ll know your runnin’s through
and Jesus Christ can carry you.
Isn’t it amazing that God uses people of all shapes and sizes to accomplish His plan? It doesn’t matter what you did yesterday, or what you might do tomorrow. All that matters is what you are doing right now to advance the kingdom!
Kate loved your comparison to the church And the track athletes! Also a good reminder for me to try running again!
I love that in the Church we are all running the same race, but not competing AGAINST each other. May we all finish strong!