I love to run. :) Yes, I can't run long distances yet... But
whether it's running to the mailbox at the end of our driveway, running
from a restaurant to our parked car, running up our long flight of
stairs two steps at a time, or running to our couch to read my Bible or a
good book, it fills me with PLEASURE! :) You may think, "What's so fun
about running a little?" Well, it's because I was on crutches for 6+
months last year!
Before I had my SCS implanted, I went through
grueling months of physical therapy, "learning" how to walk again. It
was painful! At my first PT appointment, that's what I had to learn to
do. WALK. I was like a toddler learning how to walk. I had to walk
for 1 minute, 3x a day for the first week...then 3 minutes the second
week...then 5 minutes...8 minutes...until I could walk for 25 minutes at
a time! It wasn't a fast walk, though, because the CRPS pain was so
severe. And I couldn't do one tip-toe with my right foot no matter how
hard I tried because it felt like a knife was stuck in the ball of my
foot! But now, after my surgery last September and still more months of
physical therapy, I can now run, jump, AND tip-toe 20x at one time with
my right foot! God is good. And He was good even when I couldn't
walk, even when I couldn't tip-toe.
So THAT'S why I love to
run. And when I run, I feel so free! When I was thinking about that, I
thought about how it's the same with my life as a follower of Christ.
Because Jesus washed away my sins when He died on the cross for me, the
chains of sin no longer keep me in bondage. I have been set "free in
Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death" (Romans 8:2) "For freedom
Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to
a yoke of slavery" (Galatians 5:1).
On this journey, I don't
want to "run aimlessly" (I Corinthians 9:26), I want to "run with
endurance the race that is set before [me], looking to Jesus, the
founder and perfecter of [my] faith..." (Hebrews 12:1-2) My friends,
join me in this race! :) Keep looking to Jesus!
P.S.
This coming Monday, Jan. 30th, I will be having my third stellate
ganglion block done. I would greatly appreciate your prayers once again! :)
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