I LOVE to SWEAT!

Woohoo!!! Okay....can you tell ("you", like anyone reads this thing! Haha!) I just got back from a run?! Yep...I'm sweaty head to toe and I love it! There is nothing like a good workout...a run, in my case...to make you feel like you accomplished something. Woohoo! I so didn't want to go because I am so stinking tired. But, as I knew I would be, I am so happy I drug myself out there to run. The scale is hovering between about 218 and 221 right now, so I'm looking for consistently being under 220 as my next little mini-milestone. I've been behaving, so I am thinking it'll happen soon, at least I hope so!

" I run in the path of your commands,for you have set my heart free." Psalm 119:32 I saw this verse in a signature line on a forum post about running....so, yes...I am admitting to blatantly stealing the verse for the same purpose! What a great one! I know I've read it, but seeing it on it's own like that is sorta cool. I'm not generally a big fan of taking things (especially scripture) out of context, but that was pretty cool. So, yea, I am trying to run in the path of His commands. I think I probalby fail far more at it than not, but Praise Him for never, ever giving up on me! He has set my heart free....I pray I will not walk, but RUN in that freedom!!

what a weekend!

Well, I'm back from a fun and exhausting weekend at Camp Cho Yeh with my youth. It was a lot of fun....for lots of reasons; the main one being that I simply got to hang out with the kids and have fun with them. I really enjoyed that. Bonding like what we got to do helps encourage me that I am building relationships and that feels so good. It's a step in the right direction toward the wider goal of helping these kids truly become disciples. What could be better than that? The theme for the weekend was "Hope is in our midst." It was a great message and I know the kids got a lot out of it....and it was a very appropriate message for myself as well. I can remember many years ago being in a situation that felt sorta hopeless....okay, it was after having my heart broken worse than it had ever been broken, up to that point in my life. I remember really finding and focusing on the concept of "hope." Seems too, that I remember writing in my journal something about how I never really understood the concept of hope until I didn't have any.

Well, I've got a lot of great things going on right now, but there are also some things that don't seem as filled with hope as I wish they did. I was reminded this weekend that hope IS in our midst...all the time, because the Lord is with us, and He is our hope. I must remember that!

I truly want to spend more time praying or in the Word, too. I am hungry to sit at the Lord's feet. How I hope for a quiet, peaceful time to sit at His feet soon.

In weight loss news: Don't know where the scale is standing now, but I feel much better than I did. I ran around all over camp this weekend and the portion sizes on meals were quite small. So, I am thinking I did pretty good. (not counting the Sonic I got tonight for dinner....I didn't really feel like cooking after I got home, so we went to Sonic with some gift cards we had been given and I ate a chicken strip basket. Not good, but I am thinking the weekend probably more than compensated for it.

I missed my sweet babies while I was gone. It was good to be back with them!!

Well, tomorrow starts..what is it? week 8 or 9 I guess of my M-F workouts and eating better. I'm looking forward to it and hoping I will do okay!!!