With Gods help I completed the Myrtle Beach Marathon. The transformation process over the last 14 months since I committed to a marathon has been the joy in the journey. I’ve had some set backs during my training but I was determined to finish the race set before me. One of the most popular running scriptures quoted comes from Heb 12:1 NIV;

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,”

If you read a farther down in verse 3, this is a Marathon verse; “Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” It was somewhere around mile 21 that I started to really grow weary and loose heart. I had ran the first 13 miles no problem and began to walk/run at mile 14. One of my walks was with a woman named Allison from NC. I believe God used my time with her to renew my strength and finish my race. She had previously finished the Run for God program just like me. She shared with me the scripture verse written on her hand from Isa 40:31 NIV;

“but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

The time spent with her was a soar on eagle wings movement. Yes I could have shaved time off my marathon by not walking with her, but God was continuing my transformation process with good fellowship. I think that God gives up eagle wings moments to carry us through. ‬‬We never know when we are a soar on eagle wings moment for someone else. On this Transformation Tips Tuesday I encourage us all to keep moving forward with perseverance. Don’t forget what Jesus did on the cross for us. Be intentional with soar on eagle wings moments. Most important, find Joy in the Journey!