What Are You Doing This Summer???

     Several people have asked me what I'm doing this summer. I usually respond vaguely simply because I don't really have any big, exciting plans. No trips to the beach or Disney World, lol. Although, I would totally love to be able to do those things! My plan is simply to relax and enjoy myself. Take it easy. Why, not right? Why not enjoy these single days and do whatever I want, when I want, ha! Kid-free + man-free = stress-free :) So, I think my summer will look a little like this:

Sleeping late

Laying by the pool

Going to the gym

Taking naps

Visiting family

Visiting friends

Watching movies

Reading books

Working on my quilt

Crafting

May seem kind of dull, but I plan to enjoy every bit of it! There are no rules on how to spend my days this summer and that is the best part. Hopefully I will be refreshed and renewed and ready for a great year of speech therapy in August! So, tell me, what are YOU doing this summer???

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

 Singing this hymn as a prayer this afternoon:

Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!

Thou art the potter, I am the clay.

Mold me and make me after thy will,

while I am waiting, yielded and still.

Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!

Search me and try me, Savior today!

Wash me just now, Lord, wash me just now,

as in thy presence humbly I bow.

Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!

Wounded and weary, help me I pray!

Power all power, surely is thine!

Touch me and heal me, Savior divine!

Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!

Hold o'er my being absolute sway.

Fill with thy Spirit till all shall see

Christ only, always, living in me!

The 10k!

     This past weekend, my friend and former roommate from college, Amber, came into town for a race. She has really gotten into running and I am still trying to run, ha! So, with some hesitation, I registered to do the 10k too. I knew there was no way I could run the entire course. I would mostly be walking with a little jogging mixed in. I was nervous that I would be the only one out there doing that. But, I wasn't! There were all types of people out there---young and old, short and tall, expert runners and novice runners. Some were strictly walking. The course went through a fun, vibrant neighborhood where many people were gathered in front of their houses cheering us on. How awesome is that?! About halfway through, my foot was extremely sore, but I kept pushing myself. My goal was to finish. And finish I did!!! My time was 1:36:21. Certainly not fast, but for me it was good. It was a great feeling! Amber was waiting on me at the finish line. She finished about 30 minutes ahead of me. We felt so accomplished! After the race, we got lunch and then crashed for a couple of hours before going to a movie. It was a fun weekend, and I'm glad Amber had the idea to do this race!

Let's do this!

6.2 miles completed!

Rested up and ready for more fun :)

Feeling Quotatious

"In times of trouble the trusting child of God may say, 'First

He brought me here, it is by His will that I'm in this great

place. Next, He will keep me here in His love and give me 

grace in this trial to behave as His child. Then He will make 

the trial a blessing, teaching me the lessons He intends for 

me to learn and working in the grace He means to bestow. 

And in His good time He can bring me out again. How and 

when--He knows.'" Andrew Murray

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The other day I found something I wrote a couple months ago:

Hopes so high

Starting to be fulfilled

Completely unbelievable

Oh, such a thrill!

Suddenly, dreams shattered

Hurt so deep

Doesn't make sense

What's the purpose in this?

All I can gather, 

All I can find

Is that the Lord has

A mysterious mind.

His ways are perfect, 

Though they don't make sense.

All I can do is cling 

To His hands.

He is drawing me 

Closer

He is doing a

Work!

I love Him, 

I trust Him, 

But not nearly 

Enough.

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     It is a beautiful spring day and this morning I went for a walk. I was thinking and praying about some things. Even if the Lord never gives me what I truly desire more than anything ever in my life, I'm here to testify that I will still have Jesus! This I know to be true. Listen to this verse: 

"This is a faithful saying:

For if we died with Him,

We shall also live with Him.

If we endure,

We shall also reign with Him.

If we deny Him, 

He will also deny us.

If we are faithless, 

He remains faithful;

He cannot deny Himself."

2 Timothy 2:11-13 

I absolutely love that! If we are faithless, He remains faithful!! The Message version puts it like this: "If we give up on him, he does not give up-for there's no way he can be false to himself." This is incredible to me. I'm going to be honest and say that sometimes I have wanted to give up on him. But thank the Lord that when that when I do that, He does not give up. It simply goes against His character. 

This verse has come across my radar a couple of times this week. "Just as you'll never understand the mystery of life forming in a pregnant woman, So you'll never understand the mystery at work in all that God does." Ecclesiastes 11:5 God is at work! I don't always understand it, but I believe it.

And finally, "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You." Isaiah 26:3 I'm trying to do that, and God is keeping me in perfect peace. 

It's My Blog-iversary!

     So, today I realized that it has been a year since I started writing my little blog! And what a year it has been! I'm glad I started documenting "my story" so to speak. I may not always have a lot to share, but it is nice to be able to go back and remember certain things that have happened. I pretty much have a great memory, but I'm finding here lately that some of the details are getting a little blurry, ha! Anyway, Happy Anniversary my little blog! :)

My First 5K!

     This weekend, I went home to walk my very first 5K with my dad!!! It was so much fun! The race was at my home church and the money raised is for missions. I was able to see and visit with several people I haven't seen in a long time. The race was in a nearby neighborhood and it was very hilly! Some of those hills were steep! And let me just say, I was scared that we would be the last ones to cross the finish line. Simply because my dad's back has been out for a couple of weeks and he has been in and out of the hospital for the past few months. And, when we walk together around the neighborhood at home, he doesn't walk very fast. Well, all those preconceived notions of my dad walking slow and barely making it were WRONG!!! I think his competitive side came out. He used to run marathons all the time. So, he knew what to expect. He was in the zone. He got ahead of me several times and had to motion me forward, ha! We stuck it out and finished strong! We crossed the finish line at 51:21 and he grabbed my hand and held it up. We got some refreshments and visited with everyone. I won a door prize! AND......I came in 3rd place in my age group and my dad came in 1st place in his age group! It was a very enjoyable day! I'm glad my dad asked me to walk this race with him. :)

  

Ready to get our walk on!

Champions! :)