Today I walked and ran. I use the word “run” loosely since I went so slow that it barely counted as running. But I lifted my body for 50 yards at a time. (With my medical condition my doctor does not recommend running. Rebellion is a topic for another time). (Notice the picture of a tall, handsome, young, man- That’s not me but one out of four isn’t bad)
While I was running I used my iPhone to keep track of distance, time, and my pace. I used the program “Mapmyrun.” Now I have a Garmin wrist GPS which is more accurate but it was not with me. “Mapmyrun” does okay but it has issues. It has a tendency to make the run logger than it really is. For my pace today it didn’t matter but if you really want to know how you are doing, then you need a more accurate measuring device.
For example, you could run 3.0 miles today and track it on your program. In reality you probably only ran 2.7. That may not matter to you but it would to me. I want to know how I am really doing so when race time comes I am not made aware of my deception.
I found a spiritual application to all this. We as humans measure our behavior against others. That is kind of like using an inaccurate program because you can always measure yourselves against someone that you find that does something that makes you feel good about yourself. In reality, we should be measuring ourselves against God’s standard. When we do that we find that we are lacking and then we are made aware of our need for salvation and cleansing.
So what is the moral of today? You want an accurate measuring device when you are talking about eternity. See ya. PB
Pastor Bob 