5th Feb Prayer Run – East

By admin

  Runners – refreshed and taking a photo together after their prayer run.

(From left, Chew Peng, Jerena, Eileen, Zhi Yang and Boon Kian) 

Being no sportsman (woman) myself, doing a long-distance run could be considered no easy feat. Naturally, I struggled with the idea, what’s more praying when I am going to pant, and to sacrifice my precious sleep on a Saturday morning.

Yet, I agreed to doing it as a friend reasoned most logically. On that morning, though I did not hear my alarm clock, my pet dog woke me up by tapping on me! I guess one cannot escape from what God has planned in mind?

Well, the story goes, and I did the run with my buddies, Chew Peng and Eileen. The distance of the run was not stated and I just went by faith as I ran. Yet, this was the furthest run I have ever done and I felt recharged. I thoroughly enjoyed the prayer run experience. Yes, this may sound cliché, but it was truly an amazing experience because it brought a new meaning to runs.

It was no longer the boring old runs (at least for me) when I did to keep myself from growing horizontally, but rather, it was about Jesus’ hands in the community where I ran. It was not about the self, but about Jesus and His love for these people. I would love to join in this run again, and I hope that others can take up the challenge to join in it too, to experience Jesus and His love for people.

Jerena Tan