Running...I ran yesterday evening 3 1/2 miles. It seems a far cry from my 7 that I was up to, but there's something different going on I think. I think I'm competing less with myself and performance and learning to flow with the Holy Spirit in this. I pray so anyway.

I realize that a few hours after I run I seem to get quite tired. So, I'm trying the evening runs, maybe it's a higher strategy to help me relax and sleep better. As I was running last evening I was wanting to give God all of me. Wanting to let go of organized time and the guilt if it's not.. but to live freely in the timing of the Holy Spirit. I realized that it was harder to breath last night.. the air was thick with humidity. I was thinking that when I was running 7 miles the only thing that inhibited me to stop was my knee pain as my breathing was so good. What is the better? The lower miles and healthier knees, or the painful knees racking up long miles and a greater ability to breathe... and I thought to myself... it really isn't for me to decide, if I'm flowing with the Holy Spirit, He will be my guide.

I'm studying two books right now. The Artist's Way and The Sacred Romance. Both really highlight the inner being of the Creative heart. THE HEART. living by your heart, the inner life and not by the external. I've read the Sacred Romance before and it's ministered alot to me. I picked it up and read some of it yesterday while mentoring and knew it was time to read it again. As I left my house yesterday not really knowing what I was going to be doing, I ended up at our local Christian bookstore and they had a copy of the Sacred Romance which I picked up for the girl I was mentoring and they also had the study guide, which I picked up for myself. I should be writing all this in my 'annie's happenings' http://anniedaybyday.blogspot.com/ everything is so intertwined, eh?

Those are my running thoughts today. Lord, thank You for drawing me closer. Help me to live the destiny You've created for me, In Jesus name.. amen