today I am a runner

I am not a fan of days when I wake up sad or unsettled.
It seems there is a lot of that going around.
Tonight is a full moon-should we blame it on that?

It is the kind of day
I am thankful that my relationship with God
is based on truth and not on my feelings.

Today I have to consciously choose 
to walk by faith
to trust God knows what He is doing
to believe that He is working good in my life
to hold on to hope 
to look for reasons to be thankful
to search for joy
to wait for peace
to rely on His strength
to call to mind His past faithfulness
to live by what I know to be true
because to be honest,
I am not "feeling" it today.

The day is not over.
I do not know what lies ahead.
But I do know the One who has already gone ahead of me.

I don't have to "feel it".
Knowing Him is enough to give me courage 
to trust Him and choose to run to Him and rest in His care.

"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,  as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."

2 Corinthians 4:16-18