Day 6

So an early day and a late night equals running a day behind on my blog post. So lesson learned, add another 10 min to my day and I will get it done.

My running is coming along. The weather has been great so I have been going to the gorge and running my teams cross country trails.  During my runs, I am trying to focus my mind on the things of God. While running the memory of salvation came to mind. 

I still remember the Sunday morning when I made the walk down to the front of the church. I had gotten saved two weeks before at church camp. It took two weeks to make it down front because I got stung by a bee upon arriving home and my foot swelled up to about twice its normal size.  That may have been the longest church service I have ever been to. When Mrs. Buford played the first note of the song I shot out of my pew and made a bee line to the front (no pun intended….well maybe) I could not wait to be baptized. I was 11 and I had just gotten my address in the Kingdom of Heaven!!!!

It has been 33 years and I still haven’t moved in.  Luke 17:20-21 tells us the Kingdom of Heaven is within us.  Now don’t get me wrong, I visit my address, I just never seem to stay.  I’m just like the children of Israel; I was set free from the bondage of my sins only to wander around in the desert just outside the promise land.

This fast is part of my journey to live in the Kingdom of Heaven, to live with in Gods power and grace.  I have made the first steps with the 3 goals I have set for this fast. I am making progress towards each one. Just think where I would be, the kind of person I would be, the kind of Christian I would be, if I had moved in at age 11. Oh the time lost with God. Now am I saying that I would have had no problems in my life? Absolutely not! That is one of the biggest lies Satin puts out there to make us feel defeated when something bad happens in our lives. I think we can all agree Jesus was a pretty good guy and He know God better than I do, and he was killed. So just because we live in the Kingdom of Heaven we still abide in the world. There will be failures, but praise God we have His power and grace to help see us through

My prayer: Lord let me reside daily in the Kingdom of Heaven that you have placed inside of me. Amen