Cheering you on!

last night at midnight i went to our school's midnight 5K run. i've never been to a 5K run. (well let's be honest, im not a runner. so i went to the "run" knowing that i'd be walking ;) that has nothing to do with the point. heehee)


So at 12 midnight the professionals runners, the running for the fun of it runners, & the walking crowd all stood -  waiting for the air horn to sound. WAAAAAAAAAH & off we go!!

i found some others who were gonna walk & i walked with them. it was fun & we were moving right along and we got to the first mile marker. when we passed the marker there were people standing there to cheer us on -- AND cheer us on they did.

it was the same at other places throughout the 5K event...People were there (at midnight) just say, "keep up the good work. you can do it. keep going. woo hoo. whistling. clapping. etc!! " 

Near the end of the race one of the "encouragers" said to us as we passed (at blazing speed, hee!) "i guess i sound corny, but yall can do it! keep going!" as soon as i heard her, i thought....that'll blog!!

i looked forward to hearing the encouragers at each corner along the way. i thought, "LORD help me be an encourager even when i feel like it's corny" -- because even though she felt like her encouraging words were corny .... i liked it! we needed it. it was beneficial. the whistles & claps & encouraging words pushed me along & added pep to my step. :) :)

Encourage one another and build each other up.

1 Thessalonians 5:11