Get Ready, Get Set....GO

My brother and I grew up going to running races. My parents would run 5k's and 10k's every Saturday morning, or so it felt like to us. My brother and I would love it because there were always tables of oranges, bananas, muffins, and bagels. We didn't have to do the work, we just ate.
Yesterday morning, while it was still dark outside, Seth and I drove downtown for our first 5k together. He and I have been running very consistently the last few months. We have set it where we run separately during the week and on the weekend (when we can), we run together. He pushes the boys in the jogging stroller so it has been fun family time as well. We registered for the 5k (3.1 miles) and then scheduled runs to surpass that mileage so when race day came, we (I) wouldn't feel so stretched. After a 5 mile run last weekend, we (I) were so ready for the race this weekend.

Yesterday was the beginning of a new thing for me. And it was not so much about the actual running. As I ran over the Start Line, a huge wave of emotion washed over me. I felt so many old fears and insecurities be released. Fears and insecurities that I have carried around for years and years. So by the time I got to the Finish Line, not only was I excited that I didn't have to stop to walk at all, but I was flying free. I still feel that freedom today, that lightness that has never really been there before.
The whole race was such a picture of our life with the Lord. My husband and I ran the whole thing together. My husband took on the role of supporter and encourager. He never left my side, he was with me the whole way. We experienced it all together. I just have a feeling when I have finished my race and I am finally in heaven with my true, eternal Husband we are going to have so much to talk about.

"Do you remember when the kids were young and they were driving me so nuts that I thought I was going to go crazy?"
"Yes, I was there with you. Do you remember how I encouraged you that day?"
"That's right! I thought I wasn't going to make it. I thought I was going to have to step out of the race for a while. But all of a sudden, I knew You were there running this thing with me and I could keep going. You gave me my 'second wind'."

Wow, I can't wait!