Psalm 19:14 (NIV); "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

As runners, many of us have our running cliques, at least in the town in which I run. We tend to have our particular running buddies. However, we are all aware of the other running cliques. In fact, we know which runners are the fastest, the slowest, the oldest, and the youngest. We even know who we can outrun and who can outrun us. Many times we compare ourselves to the other runners, we are negative about the other cliques, or we do not even engage in conversation with those outside of our group. Perhaps, you have tried to talk to the other group of runners and have not had much of a response. The Lord wants our hearts to meditate on His truths and for the outpouring of our hearts through our actions and words to be pleasing to Him. The Lord desires us to speak truth with love. He does not want us to gossip or have negative attitudes. He wants us to be lights to others and salt to the earth. I challenge myself and the rest of you runners out there. Let’s try and lift one another up and encourage one another. May we be a light that leads others into a sweet relationship with God and into a greater community of runners.