Whenever I started this detox I became so anxious! I wanted to see results the first day!! Uh, hello... thats not going to happen!! lol.. But I wanted it to!! You see, I tend to be impatient. Why as women do we have such quality? Maybe it's because we are "go getters", "busy bodies" & "doers"... I don't really know... But today it was my first day to start training for my 15k... I started a 20 week program & the first day is 3 miles w/strength training. I struggled getting my 3 miles in under 30 minutes... However, I did make it in 29:41!! YES! But the thing is I was so anxious to get out & run I almost got disappointed I struggled with it! I have to remember.. PATIENCE SARAH..PATIENCE.. Its only day 1!! This reminded me how I get about life sometimes.. I get so excited about starting something new or God leading me in a new direction that I am not patient to see the results... Everything can be good... in Gods timing :)
At this point in our life there are alot of questions left unanswered! A lot of different things could happen with Jeremys career, we are praying about buying a house, I am starting a new bootcamp ministry, I am looking for a full-time job for the time being, & we are learning to be parents!!!!! So much going on & we are having to take it one day at a time! Now that God has laid all these things "to do" on my heart I want to get them all done at once! I want to have 10 people sign up for bootcamp the first day I advertise, I want to know I have a job, have the paperwork done w/Cherokee Nation for buying a house, I want, want, want... and all for it to happen so quickly! One thing Jeremy has taught me is that you can't worry about what you aren't in control of! If I have done everything I can do & I still don't have an answer yet.. thats ok. Be patient! All you can do is all you can do! Wow, what a concept! I am so thankful for my husband!!!! He is so much better at this than I am... but I am learning! :) I am sure most can relate to this! We just have to remember... All we can do is all we can do! And in God's timing he will work everything out!
So, if you get anxious about stuff like I do just stay focused on TODAY. Do what you can TODAY. Run what you can TODAY. Lift what weights you can TODAY. Clean what you can TODAY. Run the errands you can TODAY. And then at night you can lay your head on your pillow & say, Lord, I did ALL I can do.. TODAY :)... Tomorrow I will do the same! Be proud of where you are TODAY.
In time, my workouts will progress & I will be able to run 9 miles at the pace I desire... but for today... I am proud of my 3 mile run in 29:41... and I did ALL I can do TODAY to go for the goals we want in the future.
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Philippians 4:6
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts."
Psalm 139:23
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