I go running a few times a week. Lately, I’ve been going on a path around the YMCA on the north side of Fort Wayne. I normally run 2 laps, which turns out to be a little more than 3 miles. A few days ago Bethany and I had to drop one of our cars off at the shop. After taking her to work, I decided to go for my run while I was waiting on an estimate. Since I never run with my phone, I decided I would just check in with the shop after I finished my run.

I felt really good as I was finishing my first lap. Sometimes I really have to convince myself to push through and finish well, but it was a beautiful day outside and I was really enjoying the podcast I was listening to so there was no “breakthrough” necessary. Just as I was starting my second lap, a complete & random thought entered my mind. It was something like: “If you want to catch the phone call from the shop, you should stop your run.” It caught me off guard because I wasn’t thinking about the car and I wanted to continue my run. I’ve been learning over the last few years that one of the ways God communicates with me is through complete & random thoughts; often the opposite of what I want to do. I continued running for about 10-15 seconds until I decided to listen, stop my run & go to my phone.

I casually walked back to my car and saw that I had 1 missed call. As I was opening my phone to see who it was from, my phone vibrated to let me know that someone had just left me a message. It was the car shop. I had literally missed their call by 10-15 seconds. Click to continue »