Running with God

What an adventure!

I wonder what makes a person to even start to conceive a crazy thought. However it happens, it sparked off something in me last night. And BOOM! Suddenly I'm running with nothing but my handphone, bus pass, mp3 and house keys en route to Bukit Timah via Holland Road. Yup! I don't even know how long that is. But no matter! =DD

Okay... so I cheated. I didn't run ALL the way. I didn't know how to get from Jurong East to Clementi, so I took the train through that part. Don't worry! I drank a GALLON of water before setting off ((: And then I found out that even if you stop to walk (quite) a bit, it takes you approximately 2 hours to get to Liz's house (That's on Coronation Drive). Well... minus all the wrong turns you take because you're utterly lost in Liz's Estate XDD haha.

Looking outside my window now, the dark clouds are starting to form. Usually, I'd have a terrible sense of foreboding, because I'd think God was angry at me... But now, I'm feeling more relief (: Like God held back the rain because He knew I was running. The night before, my prayer went something along the lines of,

"Dear God, I know You know that I'm crazy. And I want to run to Bukit Timah tomorrow... will You come with me? I know You'll protect me. And I'll make it through (:"

And boy did He! (: Throughout the not-so-gruelling run, it felt like someone was beside me, pacing me and making sure I didn't fall or hurt myself. Even when I was lost in Liz's estate, there was someone egging me on to be bold and try another route. I know He was there too when Liz and I were running in the hot midday sun (:

Its 1.31pm now. The day has barely begun! ((: And I'm glad it began with God.

Dear God,

Thank You so much for accepting my invitation to run! I'm so sorry You have to put up with my eccentric tendencies and weird ideas... Thank you also for keeping the weather nice and warm (not too hot) and for staying the rain until I reached home ^^ God... I'm so glad that I have such an awesome life and I get to do this and have what seems like everything in the world! I know somewhere along the way, there'll be times I want to die again... but I pray that I'll remember this time and be thankful (: I'm growing up (although I don't look like it) and I'm learning new things (: But even as I move on to longer routes, higher mountains and deeper seas... can I hold Your hand through it all?

With love,
Sharyl

P.S. Love you God.


Note to Liz: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RUNNING WITH ME TODAY! ((: AND OH MY GOODNESS YOU'VE GOTTEN SO AMAZINGLY THIN!! KEEP IT UP! ((: WE'LL TRIM DOWN TO 45 KG TOGETHER!! I LOVE YOU!