Two years ago, a furniture box truck hit this runner two weeks before her first Gate River Run, during a season of job loss and crisis. She learned to trust God instead of relying on running to cope, and now raises funds for Adasa's Hope while encouraging others to let their healing overflow to others.
Testimony Tuesday, and it's the week of the Gate River Run. And I wanted to share something that happened two years ago when I signed up for the first time. It was two weeks before my race, and I got hit by a furniture box truck. Okay. It had already been one of those seasons where it was like one thing after another. I had lost my job plans I thought were certain weren't. There was a lot of things that were just, like, shifting under the surface. It honestly felt like a modern day job, except I wasn't innocent. I had been rushing God's timing, and he was about to slow me down in a way that changed me. Before the accident, I was praying with a couple for their relationship. And the irony was that I was in the middle of my unknowns, but I was choosing faith. It was raining. Traffic was like, backed up. I was sitting in an exit ramp just reflecting. And I remember telling the Lord, like, I trust you with this. But all I wanted to do was go for a run, if I'm being honest, because running was how I processed. It's how I regulated it, is how I grounded. And then I got hit. There was no breaks. The guy just rammed right into me. And in that moment, it felt like the one thing that was helping me hold everything together was gone. And so. So I broke. I was scared. I now had physical pain that was layered on top of this emotional pain I was already carrying. But two years later, I see everything differently. Running was never supposed to be my anchor. It was a gift. And people, they come and they go in seasons. They shift in mobility. It definitely can change. Don't take that for granted, y'. All. But the one thing I learned was God. He doesn't. He taught me how to stand when I couldn't escape into movement, how to breathe when things felt very uncertain, and how to rely on him of an outlet. So this Saturday, when I'm running, I'm not running because I need to cope. I'm running because I get to. And I'm also raising funds for Adasa's Hope because healing changes what you're able to carry. When you're not constantly trying to hold yourself together, you can set with someone else's story. Look away from when things feel heavy. Two years ago, I was just trying to survive my own season. Now I show up differently. When something gets taken from you, it reveals what you were leaning on. And if you let God heal you, that healing doesn't stop with you. It overflows. So ask yourself where your overflow can make a difference. Because ordinary people can make an extraordinary impact.
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