Who’s at the center of your race?
Growing up, I never considered myself a runner. But during my sophomore year of college, a friend convinced me to run a 5K Turkey Trot. Secretly, I was really nervous.
However, while the training runs were difficult at first, I quickly fell in love with the sport when I realized it gave me an opportunity to feel close to God. Ever since I was a child in the Christian Science Sunday School, I’ve loved knowing that everything we do is about more than just the activity. It’s about understanding God as the source of all goodness and recognizing that we express God’s qualities—which then helps us break through limitations.
I found that when I ran, there were many opportunities to actively pray to recognize how I was expressing God’s qualities. Contrary to what I’d thought, running wasn’t about sheer athleticism but about feeling the unlimited strength and “divine energy” that come from God, Spirit (see Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 249).
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