Beautiful paradox

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Some things have changed and others, well they’ve thankfully just gone along, as they should.

I graduated the Couch to 5K program and have done one run of 5 miles and couple 4-mile runs. I’ve also had a few bad days. I’ve pulled a couple of muscles and rolled an ankle but I’ve kept going. The up side to all of it is that I’ve lost well over 30 pounds and I’ve listened to the entire book of Matthew. I need to reload my ipod with another book. I still listen to praise music and I find my running is now the therapy for life’s little bumps. I can mentally throw down my frustrations and stomp them like a bug as I run on by.

Now, I’m getting into learning mode in other areas of life. Just after Christmas I began piano lessons. I also went to a school for military public affairs. I enrolled in an online course for my accreditation in public relations and am pretty sure I couldn’t pack much more into my life if I tried.  Shh, don’t tell anyone I said that or something will pop up to fill the last few moments of my evenings.

I decided I needed to grow professionally and personally. Piano is something I’ve always wanted to learn. I’ve learned saxophone, baritone, mellophone (a marching version of the next one), French horn, bass guitar and acoustic. But piano was the one I’d always dreamed of. 

The military course does have college credit and certification will help build my professional credentials.

But, even with all of that I always feel there is more I can do in my spiritual walk. I wonder if there will ever be a time I don’t think I should spend more time with God, more time in the Word or more time in service.  I pray not. I want to always be hungry for more and want to find myself constantly growing closer to God. At the same time, I know that I could do more of all of those things.  It is a beautiful paradox.  To always get more of God and to always want more.