Running is a Vacation

Theme: Running is a Vacation

Verse: Luke 5:16

There are probably some of you that may disagree, but running / exercise can be like a vacation.

I can hear the crowd screaming, “A vacation? You have got to be kidding. Please tell me how?”

Vacations are by their very definition a period of leisure and recreation, usually (but not always) spent traveling. (Really? Leisure and recreation? You are not convincing me!)

Let’s try this. How about we deconstruct the word “recreation”. RE – CREATION: To make again or anew. Isn’t that part of what happens when we exercise? We take the body that God has given us and for a brief period we are molding it to be more functional.

But exercise is not always about something physical. We need to exercise our minds and our faith as well. All those forms of exercise need to be part of daily/weekly routine. God gives us 168 hours in a week (169 coming up in a couple of weeks if you live in a place that changes clocks). We get to choose how we spend those hours and there is plenty of time to fit it all in. We just have to make the choice. Failing to find time to exercise all those things is a self-inflicted error.

This week’s challenge. Examine how you use the hours during the week and see if you can find some extra time to take a “vacation” exercising your body, mind, AND soul.

Have a great week!

Adapted from They Will Run and Not Grow Weary by David Alan Black