8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. even if no one else is.ĥ Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. Not just because I say I am, but because I’m truly following. But, when I begin to follow Him, humbly and sacrificially – I become a true believer. But the truth is this: As I exchange my mind for His, my thoughts and desires lost in His will, it changes my actions. You can start out, as a believer, with verbal confirmation- telling others the choice you’ve made – and that is a good place to start. I can’t help but compare this to following Jesus. As my feet hit the pavement for 2 miles, my lungs burning, I kept thinking, “I have lost my ever-loving mind!” That day I was the only one there usually there are quite a few exercising. I had decided that I wasn’t just a runner because I said I was – I’m a runner because I run, even if it is difficult. But, that’s not the point the running must go on. Back then I didn’t know the frigid temps would dive so low. Weeks ago I committed to stick with it, I couldn’t give up already. See, I’m working on this training plan to run a 10K later this spring.
In 26 degree F, 16 F windchill type of weather, I got up and out of the car and its lovely heated seats and went for a run. There was something so special about that placeĮven your emotions have an echo in so much space I remember, I remember when I lost my mind I sat in my car with my earbuds in, music playing – urging me to get out of the car… The words got to me:
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