First Week of 2011

Greetings!

I am currently watching the first game of the 2011 NFL playoffs with New Orleans playing Seattle and am so into it! I have waited all year for this and can't wait to be a couch potato to watch all the games this playoff season. Dallas didn't make it but other teams such as Chicago, New England and Kansas are some teams that I like!

Onto a much more important subject, GOD and His faithfulness!!!! I have this super awesome analogy for this year and my life at this moment in time. You know when you have seen a movie already in theatres and then you go to the same movie again with someone that hasn't seen it? You know how you are super excited about parts that you think are funny and you know that the other person will love it? I have done this many times and am just anticipating the parts that I know my friend will laugh at and really like. I am on the edge of my seat waiting for that moment, wanting them to smile and be enjoying themselves.

I feel that this is what God is like in my life right now. He is so excited for me to see what is going to happen next. He has already seen it and planned it all and can't wait for me to see all that He has done and see my reaction to it. He knows that I am going to be surprised, full of awe, super happy and joyful and full of praise. He is going to do great things in my life so that I can give all the praise back to Him. He doesn't want us to go through trials and tribulations but sometimes that's how we get to the point where we appreciate how much more and how much greater He is. I have no words to describe just how incredible He has already proven himself this year.

Every day has been super crappy and had moments of complete disgust, but then something small will happen that just totally brings me back to Him. I know that He has orchestrated this moment for me to praise Him and direct my attention back to how good He is and how insignificant those negative moments are in the grand scheme of things. For example, this week has been atrocious. Work is not even worth talking about as I have never felt so unvaluable and disrespected by someone (my manager). It has been full of stress, anger, distrust, and times that I just wanted to walk out/give up. But then work is done for the day, and life explodes with joy. My workouts have been awesome, I have had opportunities to improve in my personal training experience and learning, I have got to hang out with great people, have good conversations, had great food at the Keg and Cosmos (a Greek restaurant). My music has been inspirational, I have been more spontaneous than usual, basketball practice went well and the girls are really improving. So although the week wasn't that great, God is so good.

So many other things to talk about, but I am going to leave now to watch the football game and do some more personal training homework! Later days!!