Week 10 || 100MileMonday

Week 10 is complete and we are quickly moving toward the finish line!! If you find yourself behind, don’t give up. You can do this!!🏃🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️ There are 24 days left in this challenge. Find a fun walking partner and conquer those miles!! So so excited to see all the finishers and so many nearing their 100-mile goal. You’re all doing such a wonderful job!!🙌🏻🙋🏼‍♀️

Spring100 Week 10 Facts:

👉🏼 Most miles walked/run to date for the 2024 Spring100 by 1 Spring100er: 738
👉🏼 Total finishers to date: 654
👉🏼 Number of miles walked to date for the 2024 Spring100: 221,527.71

Spring100 Featured Photographer: Elisabeth Meneley

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Spring100 Devotional

The Prize

Mr Charles DeLadurnatey || Week 10

In Hebrews 12:1-2 we read this:

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

As we continue in our Spring 100 Walk, which is a small slice of our walk of faith in Christ, let us bear down upon the “how” of our walk.

How we walk is the essence of faith applied. Reading books and papers about theology and doctrine are important but without application, even a good sermon will not serve to build out faith unless we find ways for practical application.

Our relationship with the Lord is due to “regeneration” – the work of the Holy Spirt – see Titus 3:5..  A walk in the “newness of life” – Romans 6:4, a spiritual resurrection precedes our walk of faith and the bodily resurrection on our last day here on earth.

We are to look unto Jesus and look with eyes of faith, not just eyes of fact.  The evidentialist has a weak and failed way of understanding the miracle of regeneration. To know that Jesus walked the earth does not mean we trust in Him for our redemption.

Does your redemption humble you?  It should. I Peter 1:8 tells us that we do not see Him physically, but we believe through eyes of faith and “rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory”.  When we experience spiritual transformation by the unstoppable work of the Holy Spirit, we are a new creature and thus able to understand spiritually and then walk spiritually with real actions, attitudes, and words that are a product of looking unto the author of our faith, Jesus. Jesus the Savior preemptively chose us to inherit a guarantee of salvation.  We walk in His salvation, and conversely, we cannot walk for His salvation.

Are you amazed by His omnipotent power to determine the beginning and the end of all things and all things in between including your salvation?  Humbling, yes, amazing, unspeakable joy.

It would be awful to think that Christ came to this world as a God-Man to only hope of saving His people and only have a mere possibility of walking in the fruit of His suffering.  This cannot be a human-determined salvation, only by the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit to transform a heart from stone to flesh, from darkness to light, true life – real life – spiritually alive life.  Romans 5: 8 says it this way: “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”  We gain the prize of redemption and the joy and crown of rejoicing (I Thess. 2:19).  He became cursed so that we could rejoice, His obedience was necessary for our redemption.

What should our looking unto Jesus look like?

• Fearless in endurance
• Submission to His commandments
• Generous in our giving
• Patient in trials
• Joyful in our demeanor
• Humble in our effect
• Grateful in all things
• Upward in our glance
• Outward in our witness
• Words of faith
• Prayers of faith, continually
• Bearing the fruits of the Spirit
• Contentment over fleshly happiness
• And much more………..

Do you know Jesus, as the Savior of your soul? Jesus sits now with the Father having run His race perfectly so that we might run ours with a hope that has a promise, not a temporal hope for something good to happen.

If you embrace faith in Christ, you are looking unto Jesus and the reward being at rest in Him, forever.

Our race is not over until He says it is over.  Walk diligently, pray fervently, and look constantly to the One who is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Philippians 3:4 – “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

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QUESTION! Are you ahead of schedule, right on track, or finding yourself behind on your Spring100 Miles? Leave a comment below and don’t forget to encourage fellow Spring100ers while you are at it!!

Don’t forget! These posts are made possible by YOU!! Your photo submissions and comments make these posts extremely fun and my job of putting them together super easy. Thank you! So with that being said, don’t leave without commenting, and remember to send in your Spring100 walking/running photos for a chance to be featured in next week’s post. Thank you!

“⛈ Walking at sunset after a short thunderstorm! The weather was beautiful! 🥰🥰 “ The F Siblings

“Enjoyed a little evening walk together!🤩👍” Emma H. — “Getting in a few more miles with my family in WI❣” Hannah P.

“Hiking at Itasca State Park!!!” Elsie S. 🙌🏻💯

“Late evening walks are the best!! If only you could hear the coyotes!!!” Luke S. — “Taking looooong walks at the Texas GOP Convention!! Lots of great patriots, debates, and walks😉” Lydia C.

“Hiking the Cumberland Gap literally where Daniel Boone forged a trial to connect KY & VA. 🥾”

“I made it to 100 miles!!! 🥳🎉” Eden 💯🎉 WAY TO GO!!! — “We had a great time climbing up this cool fire tower at Itasca State Park!!!” Elsie S.

“A lovely evening walk ♥Keep pressing on, everyone!” Mary Jo H. 👏🏼💯

“We got some miles in beautiful Ouray, CO!” Elisabeth M. 👏🏼🙋🏼‍♀️

“My brothers did a 10K so I decided to join them and do a 5K to get a few more miles in! It was such a fun morning :)” 💯🙌🏻 — “Took a walk with a friend! Found a cute old truck to take a photo by.” Elizabeth C. 💐

“We had a lovely walk with these dear friends! Even though half way through the walk it started pouring rain! 🥴 We all had fun! 💜” Baker family

Marcia H. checking in for week 10 of the 2024 Spring100! 💯🙌🏻 — “Took an afternoon walk with the minis🤩” Sarah S.

“Checking in with those still clocking in these remaining miles! Extra hot and humid these days, but were thankful for these moments together, as well as the solitary moments when we walk with the One who, when He so walks and talks with us, makes our hearts burn within us♥” Anne E.

“Enjoying a walk with family!” Fuhrmann Family 🙋🏼‍♀️🙌🏻

“I have had so much fun doing the Spring100! Thanks to all of yall for the work you put into the weekly emails and all of that! 💙” Madison B. 💯🎉 CONGRATULATIONS!!! — “Enjoying a walk out to check on the cows for the night.” Susan F. 🙌🏻

“Enjoying a nice Spring walk with Abuela 😊❤” Nadia

“I enjoyed a beautiful day walking between the US and Canada with my siblings at the International Peace Garden!” Macy C.– “Grabbing some miles with good friends! 🫶🏻” Sarah M.

“Met up with our sister and her little family for a walk by the Shenandoah. 😁” Halbach Family 🙋🏼‍♀️

“Out doing photography and a walk at the lake! 👊” Hannah K. — Joanna H. grabbing miles and checking in for week 10!! 🙌🏻💯

“My sisters and I getting some miles in at a track meet!” Rebekah Fell 🙋🏼‍♀️💯

“The B family has been really enjoying their Spring100 walks together!!”

“Grabbing some evening miles while teaching a virtual harp lesson for another Spring100er!😄” Naomi P — “Made it to 100!🥳 Got the last few miles at the Falls.” Sharon

“Finished up my 100 doing a mudrun with my bestie and my daughters!” Carletta F.👏🏼👏🏼

“The Moores enjoyed a short hike to gorgeous views of the iconic Pilot Mountain in NC!! Its a must-see for sure, and we cant wait to go back!” Moore Family

“Headwaters of the Mississippi River at Itasca State Park!!!😁” Elsie S. — “It was such a thrill to have my “little” cousin Allie S.(a fellow Spring 100 participant) come down from Paris, TN to spend a few days with me. We thoroughly enjoyed getting in some miles together!” Rebekah S 🙋🏼‍♀️

“Taking a walk with my sisters-in-law and my walking buddy baby! 🙂 What a view behind us!” Bethany M. — “I made it 100 milessss💪🏽💪🏽🤩🤩🤩” Heahter H.

“Taking a short walk with my Mom on a beautiful day!!!” Abby S.– “3 generations enjoying walking together while mom/mommom visits from 1000 miles away!” Lucinda A. 🙋🏼‍♀️🙌🏻

“Matthew and I have enjoyed walking our miles in Branson, Missouri while on vacation this week. The Ozark mountains are beautiful! “The Lord has done great things for us, And we are glad.” Psalm 126:3 😁” Caitlin C.

“Let all creation praise Him!” Melinda C. 😍🙌🏻

“Walking with my mother and most of my sisters on a beautiful day” Sarah P. 👏🏼

“Esther L grabbing some miles on a rainy morning.” — “Walk at dusk with some awesome friends!!😁🤩” Janae M.

“We enjoyed hiking in the Laurel Highlands in PA!” Lauren W. 🙋🏼‍♀️