Glory to Jesus Christ. I'm Mother Natalia, a Byzantine Catholic nun from Christ to the bridegroom

monastery and this is Pines with Aquinas. So I wouldn't call myself a runner mostly because I think that would be pretty offensive to people who are

actually runners but I do often go on runs I also often have people stop and offer me rides

which I think I think people see me running and I must look so

miserable that they think she can't possibly be doing this on purpose so they offer me

rides which is why I'm probably not a real runner. So anyways, several years ago, I was on a run

and I was dehydrated because I'm perpetually dehydrated.

And I got a cramp in my side.

And at first I'm so frustrated by this cramp because I just want to plow through and finish my run

and I'm just really

and I probably didn't bring my hydration pack with me and yeah I'm just really frustrated

until I realized the cramp is not a punishment for not drinking water.

It's a reminder.

It's showing me that something in my body is not working the way that it's supposed to work.

And I realized this is a really good analogy for the consequences of our sin.

Because when we sin, our sin.

Because when we sin, the consequences that we experience from that are because we are not acting

as we're meant to act.

Just as my body was not experiencing the proper hydration,

when we sin, something is not in accord with the way that we're meant to be.

You've heard me quote Avagrius already probably in other videos because of Agrius is just amazing,

but here's another of Agrias quote.

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