treadmill testimony
The concept of Run the Rosary was sent to me years ago during a heartbreaking August and the somber months that followed. Although the foundation of RTR appeared to be rocky at first, God revealed himself to be steadfast and strong through it all.
Lucas and I experienced a painful miscarriage in August of 2017. Not sure of how to start the healing process, I turned to running and the Rosary. The Rosary has always brought me comfort as I find peace in its meditative repetition. Running, on the other hand, does not come easily to me and I need a great number of prayers to make it through the miles. For months I attempted to pray the Rosary as I ran but I failed miserably because I require both a spoken Rosary to keep me on track AND a musical beat to help me with my running pace. One particularly frustrating Monday morning, I was on the treadmill praying and asking God to make my Rosary runs just a little bit easier. He told me, clear as day, to write an app which allows me to run while praying the Rosary. I immediately got excited at the thought of such a wonderful app, then laughed because I knew God was asking the wrong person to make it happen. I can barely forward an email correctly let alone write an app. I put the call in the back of my head and hoped it would go away.
Six long months passed as I continued to ignore God’s call to write the app. I also continued to grieve and lack the healing I was seeking so desperately. All the while the Holy Spirit was gently (and sometimes not so gently) pushing me to make the app happen. The final divine shove came during a Spiritual Direction meeting with my ACTS director. I prayed with her and told her how I felt incomplete since losing our baby and wasn’t sure how to fill the void. She told me that maybe the void wouldn’t be filled with another child, rather, maybe God would bring me an idea which would bring me and others closer to Him. WOAH. And that, friends, is what it feels like to have the Holy Spirit hit you right between the eyes. I started working on the production of Run the Rosary that afternoon and haven’t looked back since.
I’ve felt an overwhelming sense of peace and contentment since saying “YES!” to God’s request. He’s lead me through some extremely deep waters but He’s been faithfully beside me the entire way. Our prayer for Run the Rosary is that it enhances your prayer life while honoring the body God chose for you.
Your Sister in Christ,
Katie