My Dad

The wisest man I know, thought for the day:

What emotion is holding you back

from doing what you want?

What emotion is holding you back from your dreams?

the word

the other night i was house/dog sitting

i was real tired, had a long day,

and just found that my dog tore apart the birthday present

i was making for mom...

i got into bed and was starting to fall asleep when i had all sorts

of demonic crap start

all sorts of junk that woke me up before i had even really fallen asleep.

yuck.

i tried saying the name of Jesus and doing a little praying

but ended up crossing the street, calling my sister,

(thank goodness for sisters! (and their husbands!))

and going to sleep in my own bed.

so last night, after talking with my dad

i walked around that house reading the psalms out loud.

i had forgotten how powerful speaking the word out loud is.

it was so comforting and strengthening

and felt really good.

i hope to make it a regular happening when i get my own house.

(okay i was going to find some pretty/inspiring picture to put here

but i found this first and thought it was hilarious)

Phew...

I just had a pretty serious God moment just now.

I'm watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

you know that scene after Diggory is killed and Harry brings his body back,

and Harry is sobbing and clinging to Cedricks' body.

When everybody realizes what's happened and

Cedricks' father pushes his way thru the stands, stunned,

and cries, "my son..."

falls on his boy and screams

"my son!"

I can't imagine having a child and loosing it.

I can't imagine loosing one of my family members, one of my sib-kids.

It kind of puts into reality when Jesus gave up his spirit and faced hell,

his father looked over him and maybe cried,

"my son..."

as they were separated by the abyss.

Vacation...

I've been taking a vacation from adderall this week

I could probably sit on this couch all weekend

and not move :)

My first triathlon sprint

It. was. awesome.

I'm totally hooked.

I definitely want and plan to do more :)

(thats me in the blue suit and white cap)

(Don't have any pix of me biking)

Finished 245 out of 1,176 women

I think thats pretty good.

The biggest thing I learned was how much nutrition affects your

training and performance.

It's like night and day when you eat well and when you don't.

I've got so much more to learn but one of these days

I would love to not be eating nearly as much processed foods

and seriously cutting back on my dessert/sugar intake.

One of these days...

bah...

I'm trying not to freak out.

I feel like I could have a mental/physical breakdown at any moment.

Volatile.

But I'm trying to keep this in mind:

Graham Cooke

‎"Tension does not mean that something is wrong...it means that something is happening! It is important that we step back from the stress so that tension does not become a friction. Tension tells us that we are close to something in the purpose of God, so make it a positive experience or lose control to the enemy."

That and 2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

Trying to not let this thing take hold of me.

My soul doth magnify the LORD

magnify -

to make something appear larger than it is

to increase in volume

intensify

exaggerate the importance or effect of

My soul doth intensify the LORD

My soul doth exaggerate the importance of and effect of the LORD

p.s.

extol -

praise enthusiastically

go into raptures about/over

praise to the skies