At FCA last week, we learned about three pillars of living in Christ. Love. Live. Light. In summary, we reviewed many verses that proclaimed God's never ending love for us, directed us on how to live with regards to that love, and guided us under the light of Christ. We learned them in that order. I raised my hand to explain that I, for one, feel like I have been guided the opposite direction of the order of those three words. I think that my journey of faith went like this...
I had to see the light, in order to live in Christ, in order to feel his love for me.
What a great journey it has been though. I, to be honest, have slipped up many times. I am not without my faults. But all of those times, when I feel like I have failed God and destroyed my efforts, God is there the pick me up. Every time. The light never goes away. It never fades to black. It is me that turns my back to it.
At a loss for words to realize that someone loves you so much more than you will ever know, even when you turn away for a second.
Light. Live. LOVE
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
His Time
I know it's been a while, so here is a quick update.
Turns out, my "heel bruise" was actually a collection of small fractures in my calcaneous bone..yikes. You would think that I would be in a black hole right now wallowing about not being able to run...however, I feel a sense of calm and relief instead. Let me explain. When I say relief, I mean that I am relieved to finally have an answer on what is wrong and by calm I mean that I feel blessed. Blessed from injury?? Yes. The past few weeks, through biking and swimming and lifting, I have gotten so much stronger (well I feel like I have) that I could have hoped for. Not only physically, but mentally as well. I think that with all of the stress that indoor brought me, having this time to myself away from running as helped to clear my mind of negative thoughts regarding the sport and helped me to love running in a whole new way. Yes, I miss it everyday. Everyday. But now is just not my time to shine. I will have my time, God will give me my time when He is ready. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has made everything beautiful in its time." Not in OUR time, or when WE feel like it...but in His time. I am still praying for a speedy recovery...but am enjoying the ride called "life" while on the sidelines.
Turns out, my "heel bruise" was actually a collection of small fractures in my calcaneous bone..yikes. You would think that I would be in a black hole right now wallowing about not being able to run...however, I feel a sense of calm and relief instead. Let me explain. When I say relief, I mean that I am relieved to finally have an answer on what is wrong and by calm I mean that I feel blessed. Blessed from injury?? Yes. The past few weeks, through biking and swimming and lifting, I have gotten so much stronger (well I feel like I have) that I could have hoped for. Not only physically, but mentally as well. I think that with all of the stress that indoor brought me, having this time to myself away from running as helped to clear my mind of negative thoughts regarding the sport and helped me to love running in a whole new way. Yes, I miss it everyday. Everyday. But now is just not my time to shine. I will have my time, God will give me my time when He is ready. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has made everything beautiful in its time." Not in OUR time, or when WE feel like it...but in His time. I am still praying for a speedy recovery...but am enjoying the ride called "life" while on the sidelines.
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