I was home for the past week, and it was so relaxing! It was so nice not to have to study for organic chemistry! I think every time I write about being home, I talk about the amazing dinners we have...well, this time is no different. Last Thursday night we grilled Salmon, Friday night we had steak, Saturday night we smoked ribs, Sunday lunch we had pot roast, Monday night we had hamburgers, and Tuesday night we had fajitas (with homemade guacemole and pico). My parents are amazing when it comes to cooking!
We moved my brother into school yesterday! He is now here at MSU with me, and I couldn't be more excited (I think I'm a lot more excited than he is). I don't want to smother him or push anything on him, but I really hope we are able to spend some time together and grow closer together. I am really excited to be back and get back into the groove of things.
I have been doing better the past 2 weeks with the stuff that I wrote about last week, and it is only by the strength I have through Christ. God has been teaching me a lot, and I pray that things continue to get better. I am pretty nervous about getting back with the team and starting the season. I know I am going to struggle more when practice starts, so I am praying hard for God's help. I ran with one of my teammates this morning who I ran with all last month, and she told me that she went into one of the coach's office and he basically said, "Let me get a look at you because I can tell by looking at you if you have been running this summer." First of all, it makes me mad that he did that...really mad. Second of all, it scares me. What if the coaches look at me and don't think I have been running? I have to remember that they aren't the ones I am trying to please. My running and my body are for God. I know that I have done all the training this summer and I have been working hard to take care of my body in a healthy way. I believe that God is pleased with those things, so I shouldn't worry about what the coaches think, but it's so much easier said than done.
Things I have learned through scripture that I am trying to live by:
Don't live to make a good impression on others. Seek praise from God, not people. I am God's masterpiece, fearfully and wonderfully made.
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prayers sent this morning
I think I want to pretend to be a recruit at your college just so I can get in your coaches office and smack him!! I'm so angry at him right now!!
Loren, TRUST ME, the guy doesn't know what he's talking about. You might need to come up with a mantra to repeat to yourself when you are in his presence just so that he doesn't get to you.
I seriously will fly my "fat butt" down there and do a time trial to show him that he doesn't know what he's talking about... because I am 100% sure that if he looked at me he wouldn't think I'm fit.
I have a teammate who is 225+ lbs and he ran 3:07 in the marathon.
It's not weight that matters... It's the mind the spirit, and the heart. Don't let him get to any of that!
I'm here for you! and I know a huge group of people (my team) that would be too.
Just wanted to let you know that I have been praying really hard for you the past week or so, and I will continue to do that. I know that it might be a little tough when you get back into the whole team thing, but just keep telling yourself that "The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7 Keep that in mind, and just know that you are beautiful, inside and out!
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