Run, Wee Boon, Run!!!
I hate running.
Friends who have known me long enough all know that. You can ask me to play any kind of ball games, and run around the pitch or court or whatever for 2 hours, and I will gladly join you.
Ask me to go run 2.4 km? Sian ji bua (Hokkien for "bored by half") Oops...I think that's the best I can translate this. And I have a buddy from my university days who kept saying to me: "You continue like that sure fail IPPT one...Never exercise. Go and run la, for goodness' sake."
Well, fact is, he's right. I did fail my IPPT, and I had to go for RT.
Anyway, so today I suddenly felt a desire to go run. Don't ask me why. Maybe something inside my big fat lazy brain is waking up his idea.
Sigh, staring at the "United Nations" in front of me, it's not exactly a choice. And no, I didn't linger around and ask: "Is it God?"
I just changed into my gear and went. The dark clouds in the sky were not very encouraging but I made up my mind, and walked resolutely to the Bishan stadium.
On the way there, I just felt the desire to pray in tongues. Prayed for a while, and stopped. I actually missed the short-cut to the stadium. So I turned back, and suddenly, saw this wooden directional sign in front of me, in the shape of a cross. I don't know. These days I've been seeing crosses everywhere. Whether it's twigs on the ground, the lines between the square tiles in the toilet at the Overflow Room - just crosses everywhere.
Passing the wooden sign, I just said: "Thank you Jesus" under my breath.
Started doing my warm-up when I reached the stadium. And by the time I was done, it had started drizzling. But I decided to just run. And I was thinking to just complete 6 rounds and go home for dinner.
The rain got heavier as I ran but in a way, it was cooling too. I guessed it helped me sweat less. At the 5th round, I was thinking to myself: "I wonder if I can do 8 rounds...well, see how la".
By the time I came to the 6th round, I thought: "Lord, run with me. I don't think I can make it past the 6th round, not mentioning running 2 more rounds."
And you know what, I did manage to get past...and outrageously, after completing the 8th round, I felt inspired to run 2 more rounds. I just told God: "Run with me, Lord."
Amazingly, to my own astonishment, I did.
I ran 10 rounds!!!
I felt so elated after completing it. In fact while I was doing the warm-down, I felt I could go 2 more. I think I must be mad but that's how I felt at that point in time.
Well, I actually ran until the rain stopped. It might seem like nothing to others but to me, it was a mammoth task, an incredible accomplishment.
And I felt so fresh after that and I started praising the Lord on my way home, singing: "I press on towards the goal, I reach for the stars...That I may know You more, fulfil Your call on my life.....May Your hand always guide me, guide me to the very end."It was the greatest feeling in the world.
I felt so fresh.
And I felt so ya-ya that I ya-ya-ed to my friend about it. She said to me: "Angels must have carried me!"You know what, I do not doubt her words at all.
It had to be God.
There was no doubt in my mind after I was panting away after the 10 rounds. I hope this is the start of things to come. I'll have the stamina that is built up supernaturally!
Thank you Lord.
Shalom.
posted by weiwen @ 9:14 PM
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