…happens to a chicken at 350 degrees.  The aroma is amazing which is only surpassed by the melt-in-your-mouth flavor.  Heat + Meat = Tasty.

Today was one of those days I thanked God that I can run.  A cool front moved through bringing some rain, but more importantly a break in the 90+ degree weather.  It was the PERFECT weather to go running in after work.  I HAD to run today — to forget about work.  Where did this sense of entitlement regarding higher education come from??  You do not have a right in this country to earn a bachelor’s degree — it is a privilege.  A privilege that only about 15% of Americans enjoy.  No, we will not “bend the rules”.  You EARN your degree like everyone else or go home.

Anyway, on my run as I was forgetting about my stressful students, I looked around and marveled at what God had created — the trees, the sky, the horses, the little rabbit and the birds and then I thought about me.  How awesome must this God be that created me, and you and mankind.  The human body is a phenomenal work of art, a finely tuned machine that is capable of not only functioning under extreme stress but it is also capable of becoming stronger.  I have the choice to either make this body stronger or let it waste away — in the end, it doesn’t really matter but between now and then I’ll have to live with the consequences of my choices.

I run because I can;  Because I have two legs and a healthy heart and a great set of lungs.  I think of the parable about the master, the servants, and the talents.  Though they were given differing amounts, they each had the ability to produce MORE with what they were given, and the two that did were rewarded.  There is no reward for status quo.  I have the PRIVILEGE to be active — I’m not entitled to good health, but it is my responsibility as a steward of this body to return it in a better condition that which I received it.