Hi friends!
I am well aware that I have not yet posted a thing about Haiti. I am sorry to those of you whom I promised pictures and stories. I'm still awaiting photos from friends. The stories are so much more wonderful when you can see my friends' faces. Also, I am still working on journaling my trip. I did not do a spectacular job of that while I was there. My Haitian friends are the best, even though I only knew them for 2 weeks! So, you will be updated asap!
As for "what I'm up to these days": I am working part-time at a family law firm in town. I love it so far and I am hoping it will offer me direction for my next step in my educational career! What have I not enjoyed though? Yep, you guessed it. Mornings. Otherwise, Mom and Mimi have been here for 9 days which has, of course, been a blast and a blessing! I'm anxiously awaiting Daddio's visit, hopefully sometime in August. Holly, Katie, and I have acquired an obsession for Jillian Michaels tv shows, workouts, and cookbooks. I'm trying to stay open for new adventures in Montana, planning backpacking trips and taking short afternoon hikes. Oh! And I am LOVING my new house and my roommate, Jenny. Can't wait till August when Jessie gets back from DC and we get all of our furniture... then it will be complete!
My next big thing is running a half marathon. For those of you that know me well, this is shocking, isn't it? It has been a struggle mentally and spiritually more than physically. I really must say that it is among the hardest things I have ever done. Many of my past struggles have been highlighting in the past few months, but I have grown in my trust and confidence in the Lord through a silly little race. I am so excited about the next two weeks. Race day is in 12 days! Ah!
Last Friday, 4 of us ran the longest distance I have ever ran. (Given, all 3 of these guys have done MUCH more than I ever have!) I ran with a friend of mine, Brad, who was more than blessed with the gift of encouragement. Embarrassing as it was, he saw me shed tears and get so angry with myself I just didn't want to go on. But he recited scripture as I ran and gave me advice along the way, and we finished running slightly over 10 minute miles! I couldn't believe it! As we ran, he kept telling me that "We are more than conquerers." So I have read that passage in Romans 8 every day since Friday and will continue to until the race. I've kinda made it my mantra, if you will. I've found that the more I read it, the more I can apply it to every aspect of my life. I've tried a million things to "build my confidence" over the years, but over and over the only things that are effective are God's word and His people. So I just want to share this with you. It's something most of us have grown up reading... but let it sink into the holes in your heart and it will fill them so sweetly, just like it has done for me.
More Than Conquerors
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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