Hey guys!!
A few weeks ago I was reading a current racer's blog about how she had an awful night trying to sleep in her tent in Africa, and how God taught her that He was enough and to become comfortable being uncomfortable. This really hit me and it's something I've been trying to remind myself every day.
Whether it's while I'm working out and I feel too tired to go on, when I'm hungry and theres still an hour till dinner, (or when I attempt to fast), when I can't sleep, when my knee hurts and I have four more hours of work… whatever… I literally am saying to myself either "God is enough" or "become comfortable being uncomfortable."
This weekend I was running a Salvation Army event in central Philly, and I had to spend the night on my friend's floor in the city. I didn't sleep a wink. I didn't have my fan for white noise :-p , the floor was hard, my back hurt, blah blah blah. And then I thought to myself, if I can't handle this, what in the WORLD am I going to do next year?! haha.
So I've decided to challenge myself now, (not just starting July 1st or whatever), to either suck it up when I'm uncomfortable outside of my contol, or specifically start putting myself in situations like that. That's not only to get ready for the race, but to live more as we are called to live. I really don't believe we as Christians are called to live in comfort. So is God enough for us? Is He enough for me?
I should probably start sleeping without my fan soon 🙂
Just wanted to share what God has shown me lately. Let's start becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable 🙂
love you all!!
steph[anie]
PHILIPPIANS 4
… I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
