65 degrees! I love it!
I have been running in single digits for so long, this week has been awesome! I went out for my mid week run yesterday and ran 8 miles, it was wonderful. The sun was out, the wind was blowing and I was in shorts. I felt like I could run forever. It was nice to be free from the weight of the layers I usually have to wear. Its amazing what a little warm breeze and some sun on your face can do for the soul after months of winter and ice.
I think most of us live in the sun and we don't even realize it. I don't mean the literal sun of course, not here in beautiful western Pa anyway. What I mean is most of us live in a mild climate when it comes to the hardships of life. Now I know that life has its seasons and we all experience sunless seasons of ice and dark, but for most of us they are just that, seasons. Have you ever met a child who has only known winter? Could you imagine a sunless, warmthless, greenless season? I have met a few kids like that. Their life is so dark and so cold that they pile on all these layers just to survive. Its hard to live, and move, and enjoy when you are all layered up. Its fun to bundle up for a short time and hit a killer sledding hill or build an igloo, but we always rush back inside to a warm fire and hot coco. Unfortunately there are some who have no fire to thaw their hands, no coco to warm their belly, and no one to peel off the icy layers, and offer a body warm embrace.
I have seen kids come in from a life of cold, slowly peel off the layers and run in the warm rays of love. It is a righteous site to see the winter leave there eyes as they experience an unconditional warmth. NO child should be left to weather life alone, not even one. I have the power to end a winter, I just have to open my door, make some coco, and love as I have been loved.
Its still February, and the could will return, next time the wind stings your face be thankful that it is only a season, and then ask God for the chance to be the summer in someones life.
Remember, Love Moves.
2 comments:
Your loving words move me bro!
I can't wait to meet my nephew I'll start the coco. Love moves.
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