My goal for next week is to get 4 workouts in to make up for Week 1.
I only went for 30 min each time for my workouts, and I know that I need to work on increasing that time and choosing more challenging workouts.
This week has been super busy. I am coaching a volleyball team for junior high at Grace Christian after work (and on the weekends) and I know it is going to be so much fun but it also makes me tired and makes it hard to get workouts in.
On the plus side, I know that if I can get my workouts in when I am so busy, I know that I can get them in when I am less busy.
Just a little update on my quiet time & devotionals: that piece of my New Year's Resolution has been AMAZING. I am learning so much and loving getting to load myself up with truth.
Especially amazing has been my prayer life and seeing how the Lord answers prayers. I have been praying for contentment in my job and I have totally seen how the Lord has provided that. He has shown me this week why He has me where he has me and it has given me a renewed passion for social work and a thankfulness to the Lord for the gift he has given for me in the job- AMAZING! Especially since I have been considering subbing and just overall feeling like my job is hard and considering other opportunities.
One lesson I have been learning from my quiet times was the Lord's prayer. I love that the Lord's prayer starts out with "Our Father, how art in heaven, HALLOWED be thou name, thy KINGDOM come, thy WILL be done..."
I am reading Matthew right now and when I read the Lord's prayer it really hit me that Christ calls us to first give PRAISE to the Lord and his great name and then simply say: THY WILL BE DONE.
That is our calling as Christians. Not to want what we want and pray for those things, but to praise God for what he has done and simply say, Let my life be directed towards YOUR will and not my own desires.
I am so thankful the Lord has been teaching me through the time in the Word.
Wishing you the best start to your new year!
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Praying for you as you continue pursuing fitness, for the glory of God, Anna! I just read the book "Every Body Matters" by Gary Thomas (author of Sacred Marriage). It helps to shed light on the spiritual connection with physical fitness... excellent and very motivational! Thought I might suggest it! And if you do read it, I would love to hear your thoughts! Also, I just started personal training down here in TX. If you want me help you design a few weeks worth of workouts I would love to do it! Lots of love to you and Tony!
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