2006 John 3:30

2006 John 3:30 - He must increase but I must decrease

I have never liked the new years resolution stuff, so long ago I determined instead of setting one goal I would just make sure I was a better person then the year before . In 2006 I started doing something different, I picked a verse each year that would be my theme verse for the year. The verse for that year was the verse above. This was the last year my husband and I would be youth leaders instead of youth pastor and wife. It was a very tough year and I truly believe I did decrease and I became more like Christ.

Waves About ME

2 Sam 22:4-54 - I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised;So shall I be saved from my enemies. "When the waves of death surrounded me,The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. NKJV

When I was between 5 and 8 I went to a lake with my sister and several cousins. I was the youngest by 4-6 years. I wanted to be with them everywhere they went. I was your typical annoying little sibling. On this day, I wanted to be out on the lake with them. I was on a one-man raft and they were on another one all together. I went out pretty far with them, and then they decide they had enough of me and pushed me off to float alone. They figured I would float back into the shore. They were wrong and I went out farther. When I finally realized I was going the wrong way, I decided to get off and walk back into the shore. Problem was I was out too deep and could not touch bottom. I was off the raft and could not get back on the raft. I panicked and started to sink. My sister saw what had happened and she jumped in to help me. By the time, she got to me, not only had I almost drowned but also started a lifelong fear of the water. Sure, I still swam but there were times when I would have panic attacks and I would not go into deep water without have great fear.

I took a day off last week to be with my family and some family who were here from out of town. We went to the beach. This was last week, which according to my calendar was leg day. I knew that whatever I was going to do I needed to do it there because I would not have anytime the rest of the day. I start out with a boogie board and I started to swim hard. I figured this would be a great leg workout. I got out pretty far when I realized that there was a buoy out in front of me. I start out towards it. I decided I was going to swim out to it and back. As I went out, I realized it was out there a lot farther then I realized. Once I got to it, I was so happy to touch it. I know the swim in would be harder because I was swim against the current, but did not realize that also I was swimming again my fears also. As I turned around it was so hard to get started back to the shore. The shoreline seemed so very far away. I kept looking back at the buoy and was so afraid that I would not make it back. One time I looked back and I show a boat stop. I realized they too were worried if I was going to make it back. When I show the boat, I was even more determined to make it back. I know that God had placed that boat there for me just as he did my sister. However, this time I found the courage to fight through the demon on my own and I did make it back to the shore. I was a great victory and a great workout.

My Temple

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

1 Cor 6:19-20

Ok I know that this passage is talking about sexual sins, but it made me think about how I was treating my temple. To be honest I have not treated it very well. Life as a youth pastor wife can be stressful and extremely busy. It is easy to put everything else first, but when I think of it as the temple of the Holy Spirit -- it makes me sad. Sad that I have put him is a shabby house. A couple of weeks ago at my day job we had a health fair. At the health fair, there was a booth where they weighted you and got other stats. Below were mine:

• Weight 164
• BodyFat 42.5
• Muscle 24.7
• Visceral Fat: 7
• BMI: 28
  

not so good! So I have a new quest to add all the other things that I am doing.... 6 months I want better stats. Not sure what the goal is yet, but I will keep you informed. I have added my fitness calendar to the site also. It's all about accountability.

Life is so busy I think the objective is how to fit small chunks of working out throughout the day. In addition, add more veggies to my day.

Today wrap-up:

• Started the day with abs workout – Yeah!
• Drove 1 hour to work
• Worked 8 hrs
• Drove 1 hour home
• Worked in Outreach room at Church (did sprints from room to church office)
• When food shopping (walked aisles quickly)
• Made and eat dinner around 8:30
• Finished up Next weeks devo for teen (Between days did line jumps)
• Wrote in blog (while husband reads to me the skit we will do at youth group tomorrow
• Took shower and went to bed!
  

Not as much working out as I want but it is a start.