Finding the Beauty in the Yog

“As the days ahead of us begin to get faster and faster, my hope is that we never forget to take it one song, one scripture, one prayer at a time, perfecting our own yog with God.”

-Jenni Starling

If you are like me at all AnchorMan is one of my all-time favorite movies. I like to live my life by inserting specific quotes from the movie in my day to day life. One, in particular, is my favorite, which I pull out any time I attempt to run. Yes, that’s right, it’s about Yogging. The quote goes something like this: 

“I am trying this new fad called, uh, jogging or yogging. 

It might be a soft j.

 I’m not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It’s supposed to be wild.” 

So as I began my daily jog or yog the other day, it made me think of my walk with God. My jogging rhythm goes like this, I walk one song, I run one song...and I do that for one hour. This makes me run about a 15 minutes mile...not really keeping a stellar fast pace but allows me to finish strong. While even finishing that pace leaves me gasping for air, it also parallels with my walk in my faith. There are times, it is not pretty. There are times I want to quit because gosh it is hard. However, every time he whispers to me even in my panting despair… follow me to the finish line. 

“Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us”

Hebrews 12:1

While I know this, the human in me wants to run fast both spiritually and physically because I know best right? Yes, right. However, most of the time, my body and my mind can’t keep up with that pace which leaves me burned out and exhausted.  If I am honest with myself I would love to run an 8-minute mile, however, my 42-year-old self knows that my 15-minute yog ain’t too shabby. Because I finish, right? I finish each and every time. 

The beauty of the times in front of us is how we have all been physically forced into a slower pace. Each and every one of us has seen the beauty in that.

Now that life is slowly starting to regain some normalcy, I hope we all remember the beauty of a slower more steady pace. As society pushes us back to our old ways, my hope is that we never go back to that dream of an 8-minute mile kind of life. My hope is that we remember what Hebrews 12:1 says about endurance, which to me, is the beauty of the yog. While yes, the quote is funny, and yes it still makes me laugh, it also teaches me the beauty of my own pace not only with my health but with God. As the days ahead of us begin to get faster and faster, my hope is that we never forget to take it one song, one scripture, one prayer at a time, perfecting our own yog with God.