If you've ever done a race without training you probably had some serious pain afterward. Don't get me wrong I was training for my mud run, and I was training hard. But then I got injured. Once I sprained my ankle I was too afraid to reinjure it to train. Luckily I was healed in time for the mud run. And of course I was going to do it with or without training.
It was an incredible feeling to cross that finish line and get the medal. But it wasn't until later that night I realized I'd injured myself again. Without the proper training and even enough stretching, I'd pulled a muscle in my leg. The strain limited my mobility and put in me severe pain with every movement. There's a lesson in the pain though. The lesson is that when we don't train our mind, body, and spirit we will eventually injure ourselves. We need to work hard to train our mind, body, and spirit if we're going to be in God's army. If we skip training, our mind will be weak, our body will fail, and our spirit won't be prepared. So how do we train for this race we call life? We train our mind by choosing the uncomfortable situations. When we're anti-social we push ourselves out of our comfort zone by going to social events. We train our body by living a healthy lifestyle. When we set our mind to working out every morning, we don't hit snooze, we get up and get to work. We train our spirit by filling it with the Word DAILY. When we make time for God in our day, make Him a priority, we are training our spirit. In this pain, I'm tired. Not just tired, but exhausted. I've been worn down and feel like giving up. I can relate to you who are emotionally spent. I've been there to, looking down the barrel of suicide. There is hope for tomorrow. Pain is temporary, it will get better. Just like our physical wounds, time will heal our mental and emotional wounds. So stand tall and start your training today. One day you'll look back and see how far you've come and say "I did it. I survived through the pain." I believe you can continue, you're stronger than you know.
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AuthorI am a missionary. Currently studying at Bethany Global University. The ultimate God dream is to go to Mongolia. I believe God has called me to minister to the Mongolian nomads, they are the unreached people of our world. With over 3 million people in Mongolia, there are only around 70 churches. These churches are all in cities, thus leaving the nomads on their own. I am a missionary, this is my calling, and this is my story. Please Contact me to find out how to donate.Archives
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