Hope

Today was so incredibly warm!! For the middle of February, with a feet of snow still on the ground, it was such a great change to have some warm weather with hot sun and temperatures above freezing. To follow along with my running schedule, today was a four mile running day. I have come up with a twelve week running schedule, with the final day being the half-marathon! I'm excited to be running so much, and so far I have already seen improvement in my running. It's incredibly rewarding.

So in this glorious sunshine, I headed out on a four mile run with one of my friends who is also going to be running the same half-marathon. Running is always better with a friend, and I was very grateful for the company.

We even got to run in shorts!!! What could be better?

(Tomorrow there's supposed to be a blizzard with 10-12 inches of snow, so we tried to soak up as much sun as possible)


The sun today has helped to put some things in perspective for me.
Those powerful rays of sun and warmth are just like God's love reaching out for us. This week I have been figuring out many details about my future. Student teaching, where I'm living next year when I come back to school, what I'm doing this summer, etc. Things are slowly falling in to place, and I can't wait to see what the future has in store.

And just like Love is the greatest gift from God,
I have to say that HOPE is one of those wonderful gifts as well.
Hope keeps us dreaming. Hope keeps us living. And Hope gives us something to hold on to even when the going gets rough.

Someone told me the acronym that HOPE forms: Hold On, Pain Ends.

Hope. A pretty great gift.

Much Love,
Caitlin