Do you feel stuck?  Do you feel like you’ve lost something?  Like the world is passing you by and you are just coasting along waiting without really knowing what you are waiting for anymore?

Today was the first time I ran since my marathon last month.  My feet haven’t been the same and the doctor told me to stay away from running for a while.  I have been dreading that first run, ya know?  I knew it was going to be hard.  I knew I was going to be slow.  I knew it was going to hurt but I also knew it had to be done.  If that first one never happens, I never get back to where I was.  I never get to better myself and move even further than I was before I was injured.

Running literally felt like lifting bricks with each stride!

My legs were so heavy and I was so slow.  My right foot was burning a little where it was injured but I kept going.  I felt like I was running in slow motion and everything else around me was quickly passing me by.  At that moment I realized that’s how I have been living my life lately.

I have been hit and miss in my spiritual life since losing someone very close to me.  I have prayed but not like I was before.  I have read a few devotions but not like I was before.  My faith walk has been in slow motion with everything else passing me by.  I have been just existing again for several months.  Not to the point of losing myself like I was before the Lord pulled me outside to walk and talk with Him.  But my life has been missing so much of the meaning it had before.  So much of the fire and passion I had before.

Some days I look at myself in the mirror and wonder where she went and how can I get her back……that girl that the Lord transformed it seemed overnight?  That girl so dedicated to what the Lord had planned for her. That girl so planted in the Word.  How do I get her back?

One step at a time.

One prayer at a time.

One devotional at a time.

Just like getting back in shape is going to be one run at a time.  One mile at a time.  One meal at a time.  I will get there!  Today’s 2 miles seem so far from the 26 I ran just last month.  Even though the road may seem long and hard, I will get there!  Each day will take me one step closer to my goals!

I had someone recently reach out to me after reading my blog and ask me to pray for them.  At that moment, I knew I was doing what the Lord wanted me to do.  I had accidentally hit launch on my blog before I thought I was ready to.  The Lord showed me different.  He let me know that people need me to show them that He will carry them through whatever storms they are battling.  They need to know that if He will do it for me, He will certainly do it for them too! He was ready for me to take that step again and move forward!

I am so thankful the Lord never says, “This is the last time I’m going to pick you up and put you back together.” 

He always picks me up.  He always puts me back together.  He always shows me the way. He is my strength and my joy! 

Do you want to know how to move forward? 

The way is always with Him and through Him.  There is no other way!  Don’t wait one more second to call His name.  Don’t wait for one more second to get on your knees and cry out to Him!  Time is precious and we need to live it the way He always meant for us too!  Step into your destiny!  Step into His promises!  Take that step and then run!