Spinning

Today, with a little hesitation, I went with my sister to a spinning class...my first ever. It's very doubtful that I will go back. BUT it was an interesting class...during the warm-up my legs were already burning. Apparently, you have to set the resistance and I didn't...so the last person to use the bike had it set really high! I finally figured that out. 4 minutes into the class...the trainer lady says that it's a 55-minute class!! 8 minutes into it...I wanted to quit. Every 10 minutes I said to myself "ok, this is it, I'll just go sit on the side and watch everyone else do it." Then I figured well I might as well burn as many calories as I can and kept on. Not an intense speed but my legs were still moving :)

I've always been the type of person that if I wasn't great at something right away...I'd quit. I am kinda like an all or nothing person...which has it's advantages and disadvantages, I guess.

The spinning class was no different...mentally and physically, I didn't really want to do it. I had made up my mind to stop trying to keep up and just finish the class at a comfortable pace. The instructor was awesome...she kept coaching and motivating the whole way through. She'd say stuff like "don't give up, finish the race". She even said "you are the best", (ok, so maybe she didn't really mean to direct that to me but she said it nonetheless). There was absolutely nothing she could say that could make me decide to really give it all I had. Why? Because my mind was made up, my thoughts took control. But I kept on going, and she kept encouraging.

This little scenario above reminds me of a relationship with God. No matter how much God loves us and wants us to know Him, no matter how much He encourages us, it's up to us to decide to "choose" Him.

And during this race called life, no matter what speed we are going, God is still going to be there encouraging us to give all we have. He will never give up on us no matter how long it will take for us to really know Him.

Jeremiah 29:13-14 "If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you," says the Lord...