God's Not Dead

I saw two powerful messages this weekend on the most Holy days of the year.  First, the movie God's Not Dead, a powerful drama related to the debate or shall I say the belief that God is Not dead and the existence of God.  A professor is an atheist and requires all his students to claim, write and sign a paper that God is Dead or they will lose 30% of their grade.  One student, a Christian, cannot do this so the professor asks him to prove the antithesis.  The second message was by one of my favorite pastors, Andy Stanley.  The series was called Why In The World, but part 4 was one of the most powerful and to the point messages I have heard for us who live a worldly life.  Andy talks to the point of religion and how to not let religion get in the way of our relationship with Jesus and other people.  The foundation of the  series was, why would Jesus come to live in this world and what does He teach by doing so.  Running is such a great time to contemplate, think critically, and pray.  It brings me closer to Him and it gives me a better life.  It gets me through the days and makes me love better, tolerate more, and hope and then know that life doesn't end, but a better life is ahead into eternity.  God's Not Dead!

God's Not Dead by the Newsboys

Let love explode and bring the dead to life
A love so bold
To see a revolution somehow

Let love explode and bring the dead to life
A love so bold
To bring a revolution somehow
Now I'm lost in Your freedom
And this world I'll overcome

My God's not dead
He's surely alive
He's living on the inside
Roaring like a lion

Roaring He's roaring He's roaring like a lion

Let hope arise and make the darkness hide
My faith is dead I need a resurrection somehow
Now I'm lost in Your freedom
And this world I'll overcome

My God's not dead
He's surely alive
He's living on the inside
Roaring like a lion

Roaring He's roaring
He's roaring like a lion
He's Roaring He's roaring

Let heaven roar and fire fall
Come shake the ground
With the sound of revival

My God's not dead
He's surely alive
He's living on the inside
Roaring like a lion

He's Roaring He's roaring He's roaring like a lion

Today Days 108-109: 16 miles: 2014: 586 miles