Giving up? ...Defeat or surrender

The past weeks have been frustrating and full of turmoil unrelated to exercising and fitness but the emotional turmoil has it's effect and I had to start getting back on track. Isn't it annoying that there's never a transition time in between trials- a safe area where you can breathe and say-" OK nobody touch me or hurt me while I'm in this corner". It's OK you can laugh at me. I had my first long run today and my legs felt good, the shins have healed - the turmoil is still there but I was reminded from Scripture that His Peace is the same in all seasons, all storms, He is the Prince of Peace and as I take refuge in His word and in Him my peace will remain. I've allowed the emotional turmoil to knock me around and Jesus was right there offering his arms -He doesn't move- I do. I went back to the previous meditations:

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3

Psalm 37:7

1. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
2. Psalm 46:10
   "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
3. Exodus 14:14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."

I subscribe to a fitness newsletter and here is what it says about people who win, who achieve

"The top 3% worked hard physically and took advantage of the
external leverage and accountability that the competition
provided. But they didn't stop there. They also worked on
the inside and trained themselves mentally as well.

If you immersed yourself in a program of "mental training" and
"mind re-programming" at the same time as you started a
physical fitness program, it would unleash your maximum
success potential." from "Fat burning tips" (not advertising-have to quote them in order to be legal)

The reason I put it there as written is because this is exactly what we are doing training our minds "In Christ Jesus" while we are training our bodies, even non Christians see the power of renewing the mind. And since it is training - it will be hard, it will take discipline and just as I can run in the rain and in pain, I will have to keep training my mind through the turmoil and the pain.

I am volunteering in Sunday School for the summer while our regular teachers take a rest. Today's lessons tied in well... of course... with my thought process and reflections (God knows me well -he needs to explain it many ways so I have no way of saying did you really mean that? that one example just wasn't clear enough ;-)) -The bible lessons are based on rock climbing and it taught today that in the middle of a climb you can rest- my first thought "yeah right, I'll just lay down right here hanging onto this rope"- then they demonstrated that in trusting the equipment they can actually rest when they get exhausted by letting go and resting their muscles. Just as we can surrender, give up the moving, the questions, and trust the "equipment" He gives us.