“I continue to pray for your love to grow and increase beyond measure, bringing you into the rich revelation of spiritual insight in all things.” (Philippians 1:9 TPT)
I’m in the middle of training for another marathon. There are many logistical issues associated with running for several hours. Since I start before sunrise, I wear a headlamp and a lighted vest for the first part. I loop back to my parked car once an hour for water. I drop off the headlamp and vest and pick up my hat and sunglasses. This pattern continues until I reach the number of miles I need to do. My GPS watch maps my running path. It reveals how I run in circles. Even though my progress appears nonlinear, I am running the distance and growing in strength and endurance.
When I was younger, I thought I would have everything figured out by the time I reached forty years of age. Now, at fifty-two, I am still going around in circles. I thought growth would look like a positive trend line on a graph. Instead, it has been cyclical. Every few years, I find myself looping back. I take time to reexamine my priorities and reevaluate my beliefs. Some ideas that are no longer functional are left behind. New concepts are incorporated before I move forward into the next phase of life. Even though my progress appears nonlinear, I remind myself that I am still growing in empathy, compassion, and spiritual insights.
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