What a day!

I woke up soaked in sweat around 4:30am, that should have been a tipoff as to the what kind of day today would turn out.

I found out I have retake a slew of training courses/tests for my job.  Mind you I have taken ALL of these courses and tests over the last 5 years working for this company but no one can find any documentation to prove it and so I am "attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis" or 'screwed' for the non Big Bang Theory fans.  SIGH!


So I went into work a bit early, figured I will knock them out, but no...I have to redo courses before taking tests... sooooo I spend my time not getting paid as I work my way through these courses.


So then my friend/director's boyfriend comes in with some iced coffee for her, and I chide him a bit for not bringing me any coffee (not that I even drink that stuff ever, but just to be me, I do it) Of course she shares with me without me even asking cause she is just that rockin'.  So I have some iced coffee in one of my fav coffee cups that she gave me for christmas.


Class begins and half way through, my hand grazes the cup and it falls off the table and hits the metal window pane and meets its demise.  One of my fav cups lay there, coffee everywhere and my cup in 50 some odd pieces.  SIGH!  


Thats what I get for being mean to a very nice person who was just being sweet on his day off.


Then all these little things start getting to me, one thing after another, even when I was driving.  I had this low-rider truck following with his high beams on for about 15 minutes.  SIGH!


In all this I am reminded by a small trinket sitting on a window pane... Romans 12:12 "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." God found me when the enemy was trying to run my day.  God found me!


No More SIGH! Praise the Lord! 


So instead of doing something stupid,  I went to the gym.  90 mins of cardio; 5.5 miles; cant feel my legs but I feel good somehow.


At the end of the day I am sitting on the floor, holding my breath because the Miami HEAT are in overtime against the Chi-town Bulls.  Perhaps my day wont end on a bad note. 


OK so not all of my day was bad... we got the game 101-93! we lead the series 3-1!


God-willing I will wake up tomorrow and get a chance to try for a better/new day!


Love God and the rest will follow!

So recently i have been thinking about circumstances in our life. Some of us know what we are getting into when we put ourselves in a "predicament" but then again do we really know?

'I got this!"

Thats a phrase I hear often with some of the students I meet, its a phrase of assurance to me that they know what they are doing. Also, its a phrase of reassurance to themselves that they can handle whatever assignment I place in front of them. I love the positivity of this phrase, I love the hope in this phrase however sometimes this phrase can be a stumbling block filled with pride.

When we place ourselves in situations we know are too big for us to handle and we go in yelling "I got this!" sometimes we fall flat on our faces. The key is that we dont stay there!!

GET UP!

SWALLOW that PRIDE and get up!

Can one truly anticipate every move? every possible circumstance? There is no humanly possible way of knowing every possible outcome. That is precisely why gambling exists and casinos flourish.

The point here is that go in positive to any predicament but go in with the strength of the Lord first and foremost. Not your own pride but the fact that even though you fall flat on your face, the Lord has lifted you up!

Job 11: 13-19 says:

¹³Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

¹⁴ if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

¹⁵ then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear.

¹⁶ You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.

¹⁷ Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.

¹⁸ You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

¹⁹ You will lie down, with no-one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.

So there you go, devote yourselves to the Lord and He will lift up your face from the ground and you can boast in the Lord for he has done great things on your behalf!

JESUS gave His life so you could live... who here thinks they are worthy of this? I know i am not...but He loved me so much so that He gave it to me with grace...

THANK GOD!

Love God and the rest will follow :)

"Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right.
Love the ones who don't just because you can.
Believe everything happens for a reason.
If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.
If it changes your life, let it.
Kiss slowly.
Forgive quickly.
God never said life would be easy.
He just promised it would be worth it."

I dont know who wrote this or why, but I know its the truth for our lives today. Especially on a day like this where we woke up to news of Japan getting hit by a 8.9 earthquake and how tsunamis would occur on our side of the world. God never said life would be easy, but He promised it would be worth it as long as we stay close to Him, believe in His goodness and know that He would never let us down.

Love God and the rest will follow...