Days 2, 3, 4, & 5 ... And my challenge to you!

Day 2 : I'm beyond thankful for old friends and new neighbors. I was able to spend a beautiful evening with old friends watching football over some lovely fried food. We laughed, we threatened to beat each other over rival differences, it was great. I ended the night with a beautiful evening meeting new friends and neighbors. It's wonderful that God has surrounded me with supportive, fun, loving, and God-fearing people.

Day 3 : Humbled, brokenhearted, and entirely blessed by Walk 153 and what it means to this singles ministry and the leadership. I didn't get to stay for very long but what I learned in the short time I spent there broke my spirit entirely for the ones who will face this mean world with no human parents if more people don't step up and adopt these sweet babies. If I could financially afford it I would adopt about 175 of them. God's heart of adoption and love over me motivates me to love people the same way. Precious angels. Can we just go round them all up and love on them!?!

  

Day 4 : "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

God is so obviously in the midst of our troubles. I've been so down and in the dumps today because of a person who questioned my motives and my faith based on a remark I made and continued to badger me even when I apologized and thanked her for pointing out my shortcomings so that I could avoid hurting my witness. I strive every single day to be light in a dark world but I'm not perfect and I will fall, but God knows my heart and where it stands. This quote was given to me randomly today by a person who had no idea what I was dealing with.  I understand that we have accountability partners, but this woman wanted to do nothing more than break my spirit, mocking the scriptures that I've posted and such. Praying that God will reveal to her that my heart is true and truly desires to only live in His light.

Day 5 : Early morning runs that allow me to open my heart and my spirit and ready myself for my day. I have A LOT  of driving to to every single day and with only so much time in a day, it can seem entirely overwhelming to get things done ... much less exercise! So glad that God has provided me not only with a great place to run, but motivation in the tons of people who are out running also and are so encouraging! It's my happy place. 

Finally ... I'd like to encourage us all to participate in this "30 Days of Thanks" with a true heart of thanks. I understand that we're all so thankful for the obvious things in life, but i think it's very important to really use this time to meditate on what we need to be thankful for. Let's take this thankfulness to new depths. I'm diving in and I want you to dive in with me!