Day 7!!

Welcome to day 7!! Still hanging in there.  Yesterday was tougher just because it was a long day.  Upside, I am down to 230 this morning.  I have an exciting day ahead.  Jr high girls play for the county championship at 10 (Go Eagles) Then Buck has a rec league game at 12:30, but the exciting part is I am having burger and fries for supper!!!!!!!!  Now hold on, it is going to be a homemade veggie burger and herb roasted sweet potato fries with a homemade dipping sauce.  I also plan to attempt my first ever smoothie. That could get scary. 

I had and awesome run this morning. I listened to the first book of Daniel this morning during my run. It gave me some good insight on fasting and motivation to keep going.

Daniel and his buddies were brought in to Babylon, given new Babylonian names, and instructed to eat the Kings food. Daniel stood on his faith and asked to eat pulse and drink water for a trial period. At the end of the trial they were the best looking ones of the groups, the wisest ones of the group.  Isn’t that just like the world we live in.  We are children of God brought into this world, given worldly names, and fed on worldly food. Can we (I) stand on my faith and put Gods will first?

Day 7 Devotion - Joshua 1:9

Today’s devotion was on fear.  How many times do we get scared in life from some problem and we ask God to take it away.  God tells us he has already made a provision for this problem.  I tell my kids I coach all the time, practice aren’t supposed to be fun, but games are.  You work hard in practice, going longer than you will play or run; so that when the game or the meet arrives, you are prepared.  God does the same with us.  He prepares us for life.  If you said Gus go run in the Boston Marathon, I would fail. Who am I kidding if you said Gus go run a 5k, I would fail.  I have not prepared for either. You can’t just roll out of bed and say Hey I am going to do…… We must be prepared. Whatever problem you have been blessed with, just stay the coarse God is preparing your reward.

My prayer for the day, Lord grant me the strength to serve You even under the names and labels the world puts on my Amen