Running without The Shack

Last Sunday morning I was up extra early. I was excited about getting a good, long run in while listening to The Shack. I quietly slipped out into the garage, grabbed my running shoes, and made my way out to my car. I opened the console to discover my personal items were in disarray. "No" I thought to myself, remembering that my two year old had been playing in my car the day before. Did he get hold of my iPod shuffle?

You may recall that this 8 hour and 49 minute audiobook has no section breaks-just one long piece of audio. I put one of the ear buds in my ear and pressed the play button. I quickly recognized that I was back toward the beginning of the audiobook. No Shack this morning-just a very long, quiet run. My only companion this morning would be my thoughts.