It's been a while, huh? It seems as if "A Week to Recuperate" turned into a couple weeks to recuperate! As always, a lot has happened in a short amount of time, including but not limited to an appendicitis scare, Hurricane Irene, Vacation Bible School with 20 very energetic kids, a broken down bus, my first sermon at Quincy Temple Corps, a visit from a friend from Chicago, an attempted break in to the building, almost getting mauled by a police dog, and a successful break in to the church van. Crazy, huh?
I won't go into depth for all of these events, but I will be honest and say that it was a difficult week for me. There was just a lot of stuff going on. With my stomach pain I wasn't able to run except for two times this week and that was frustrating. I felt myself slipping back into old unhealthy habits, but the difference this time is that I recognized it, and it will NOT continue this week. Also, maybe it's because of all of the weddings that have happened in the last year or maybe the fact that I live by myself, but my desire to be in a relationship and be married has been growing- more on this topic next week. It's actually all very funny because my sermon was about how focusing on God can break through the "static" in our lives- static meaning all of the things that bombard our minds like fear, doubt, sin, worry about the future, financial problems, relationship issues, etc. I pointed out that the way to do this was through clinging to God's promises, prayer, and memorizing scripture to combat the enemy. That's exactly what I'm doing this week, although that isn't my official goal for the week.
This week is going to be a fun one! Since I've started losing a bunch of weight, working out, and training for the 5K, I've really been enjoying being active. Being active makes me feel so much better not only physically, but mentally and spiritually as well. One week I want to make it a goal to go hiking which I've never done before. Also, I want to re-learn how to ride a bike- I'll explain later. But this week, I want to do Zumba. I've never done it before, and I hear that it's a blast. My Weight Watchers leader RAVES about it each and every week. She loves it and tries to convince us each week to go and try it, so this week I will! It's going to be a bit out of my comfort zone, that's for sure. Dancing in front of people makes me a little self-conscious, but I just need to get over it and have some fun, right?! I'm planning on going to Bayshore Athletic Club this week to check it out. I will let you know how it goes!
I won't go into depth for all of these events, but I will be honest and say that it was a difficult week for me. There was just a lot of stuff going on. With my stomach pain I wasn't able to run except for two times this week and that was frustrating. I felt myself slipping back into old unhealthy habits, but the difference this time is that I recognized it, and it will NOT continue this week. Also, maybe it's because of all of the weddings that have happened in the last year or maybe the fact that I live by myself, but my desire to be in a relationship and be married has been growing- more on this topic next week. It's actually all very funny because my sermon was about how focusing on God can break through the "static" in our lives- static meaning all of the things that bombard our minds like fear, doubt, sin, worry about the future, financial problems, relationship issues, etc. I pointed out that the way to do this was through clinging to God's promises, prayer, and memorizing scripture to combat the enemy. That's exactly what I'm doing this week, although that isn't my official goal for the week.
This week is going to be a fun one! Since I've started losing a bunch of weight, working out, and training for the 5K, I've really been enjoying being active. Being active makes me feel so much better not only physically, but mentally and spiritually as well. One week I want to make it a goal to go hiking which I've never done before. Also, I want to re-learn how to ride a bike- I'll explain later. But this week, I want to do Zumba. I've never done it before, and I hear that it's a blast. My Weight Watchers leader RAVES about it each and every week. She loves it and tries to convince us each week to go and try it, so this week I will! It's going to be a bit out of my comfort zone, that's for sure. Dancing in front of people makes me a little self-conscious, but I just need to get over it and have some fun, right?! I'm planning on going to Bayshore Athletic Club this week to check it out. I will let you know how it goes!
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