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Team Wing@Chosen Half Marathon This weekend was one of service and fun. Saturday I ran with Amber (Jason) Wing in the Chosen Half Marathon in New Braunfels, TX . The Wing's are working toward adopting a child from China and the run helped raise funds to do that. This was Amber's first half marathon , and she did great! The quote of the run was about mile 9 when she said, " I can't feel my legs! " Amber, every runner has said that some time in a run. Congratulations! I ran this same run with Team Bowen last year , and almost to the day, they brought their adopted son, Nik, home from Russia. You can read about their journey in their blog, Our Adoption Journey . I am honored to run with these families, and I look forward to running with a new family next year and seeing to which child God will lead Team Wing to adopt. Can I say how proud I am of Legacy Church ? After a wonderful gathered worship experience as the church, we headed out to a local school ...

Team Bowen One of the biblical metaphors for how God brings us into right relationship with him is adoption. The picture is the intentional efforts of a loving parent who chooses to pay the price and meet the legal obligations to make a child part of the family . When Paul wrote to the Romans, he used this adoption language to remind them that in Christ they were children of God, which made them not only heirs but co-heirs with Christ! ( Romans 8:14-17 ) God intentionally chose those who trust him to be his adopted children. God paid the price (Jesus' death) and met the legal obligations (The Law) in order for this to happen. Today, those who trust His Son are God's adopted children through Jesus Christ. Adoption of orphans today magnifies this beautiful picture of God's love for us. Brent and Anne-Marie Bowen are in the adoption process currently, and this past weekend I ran with "Team Bowen" at the Chosen Marathon and Half Marathon in New Braunsfel,...

I'm training for my next half-marathon as part of the Chosen: Marathon for Adoption at the end of this month. I'm running with Team Bowen , who are raising money to adopt a child from Russia. (You can read their story here and contribute to their adoption if you like.) I do my training for runs mostly on the Chisholm Trail in Plano . I can connect with the trail about a mile from my house, and it provides up to 13 miles of continuous running/riding trails. (I typically run in the grass alongside the concrete path.) This morning I went out for a 6-mile run (64F, 97% humidity) , and as I got close to the trail I decided to run my usual course in reverse . In doing so, I ran faster, fresher, and all the bridges, houses, crossings, and scenery looked different . Uphills became downhills and vice versa . Even the ducks along the banks looked different. That choice changed how I saw what I had seen hundreds of times before. I recommend you try running familiar training ...