Thoughts for Today

Life gets busy.

Daily reminders like these pictures and quote help keep me grounded.

...and per usual, they say things a lot better than I do!!

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

- Arthur Ashe 

The last time I read Psalm 103:1, it said, "Bless the Lord, oh my soul." It did not  say, "Oh my Lord, bless my soul."        

                             -Tommy Tenney

I am fairly certain that given a cape and a nice tiara, I could save the world.

Small Change

Small Change. Such a burden.

Doesn't it always amaze you when you take the change our of your pocket and how light if feels? Or feel that rush when you coin jar gets full and you find out you now have $40 of "free money" (that false sense of money same as finding a twenty in the pocket of your winter coat.)

I'm now just under the two month mark on my race countdown so I thought I'd share some of my favorite views that keep me going!

So keep filling the coin jars!

Inspiration

Now that it's officially halfway through my marathon training and fundraising, I thought it was time to give an update! Yesterday I officially ran half the distance of the marathon (!!) so we're right on track (...even if a little slow.) 



But do you know what keeps me going on those long runs??

The stories and words from the girls in the Girls in the Game programs. This is the email I received this week:

PEACE

So often in our journeys, what we desire is not bigger hills or deeper streams to forge. But neither is it easy paths or winding meadows. What we want is the peace that we're going the right way. We want the peace that things will be okay. We want the peace of a happy ending.

          ...But this isn't what's been promised to us.

No, Christ promised us peace but a peace that passes all understanding. If we always understand the road or the companions on the raod with us...well then why would we need Christ and His peace.

In the Christian faith there have become cliche verses: John 3:11, Philippians 4:1, ect ect. And while they're great and such an encouragement at times, what about the context of those verses.

Often, I've been referr to the verse "Do not be anxious.." (Philippians 4:6) but read what comes before that:

...waiting...

"He has made everything beautiful in its time." - Ecclesiastes 3:11

There is beauty in the waiting. Like those bulbs waiting patiently until it is their time to shine. He is working in me… in ways I can not see or fully understand. In the quiet and dark times, things are happening. Growing is happening. Changes are happening. Even if we do not see them.

In time, at the right time, in His time, we will see. This gives me comfort and so much hope! I do not have to see to know. I do not have to seek immediate gratification because things are coming.

Yi. B

Obedient Failure: (in)courage

Can you be an obedient failure?

What if you’ve done everything you should and nothing turns out like you thought it would? You don’t even feel or think the way you thought you would after all the hard work.

You start to wonder if you’ve failed.{You sure feel like a failure. Discouraged, disheartened, tired.}
Can those two words be planted next to each other – obedient & failure? Is that even possible as one of God’s daughters?...


To read the rest of this post, go to (in)courage blog.

Not my Reflection

One point on which Creflo Dollar and both his daughters agree is that he walked into the kitchen and said, “Why are you crying?” He already knew why. I imagine that he asked his question with a bullying tone; I imagine there was an unspoken threat behind the question, a threat with which too many are familiar: I’ll give you something to cry about.

And to the question with the obvious answer, to the veiled threat, she didn’t give the response Dollar required.....

 
To read the rest of this survivor's reflection, go to her blog The Crunk Feminist Collection