Tapering. For those who don't know if the concept of cutting back your mileage about a month before your race. I know it works. I know that rest is good for me, but logically and other ways this concept seems counter intuitive and almost crazy.
First the rest thing. Sleep is a funny thing. It renews us in ways that we can't understand. Scientifically we can discuss what happens in the body when we sleep, but the whole concept of sleep to me is just a mystery. Just as in my training, rest works in ways that I can't see or understand. And my spiritual walk, rest gives me strength and perspective that I couldn't get otherwise. I don't understand....I just know it works.
3 miles today was HARD. I mean not like marathon hard, but I definitely didn't feel like I'm going to be ready to run a marathon in less than 2 weeks. I have to rely on the truth that I know my muscles will be ready for the marathon.
Isn't that how trials are in our lives? So many times we loose at the sight of the problem or an upcoming huge project that we have been preparing for. My body is ready for this marathon, whether I feel like it or not. In many ways we're ready for the things that God places in front of us whether we are ready or not. The key comes in what we are believing. It would be easy for me to believe my "feelings" as truth and I might not make it to the marathon. Instead I have to hold on to the truth that I have been preparing my body for this and with God's help I will finish.
As in life trials come and we have the choice to make. Will we believe that the problem or opportunity will crush us? or will we grab onto the truth of God's word that says we have EVERYTHING we need for life and godliness?
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