Move4word with Coach K

"I'm doing the best I can". In my opinion this is an excuse for not being all the God has called you to be. I heard so many times or variations of this phrase in my life and I have even said it on more than one occasion. When I looked back and examine periods of my life, I was NOT doing the very best I could. Because when something became uncomfortable I would stop! When it became inconvenient I would stop. When it did not fit into my paradigm I would stop. When it became argumentative I would stop. When I could not see the end or the final result I would stop. That was not doing my best, doing my best means pushing pass discomfort, pushing pass the inconvenience, charging through a wall and jumping outside that box. It was not until I started running when I realize what pushing passed the best I could meant. It was not until I started running when I realized what it means to use your MIND to push through the best you could moment. When you are at mile 13, 15 or 20 your b

Im not a fast runner I am more of what you will call the middle of the pack runner but there are times when I do "open up" and I leave it on the pavement.  There is an expression we say in the church leave it at the alter, leave your burdens and cares there. That is what I feel like when "I open up" and I leave it on the pavement.  My breathing is in sync with my feet. My speed increases and I dont even realize it.   My head is high and my chest is open.  When I open up and leave it on the pavement, my mind is clear and Im not thinking of anything but I only feel the loving relationship between the bottom of my feet and the street.  Each rhythmic step chimes in to keep me in line and focus.  Nothing is heavy all my burdens are gone for that moment in time.  My eyes are focused on nothing, but i am looking straight ahead.  I have left it on the pavement.  Be Blessed guys!