Challenge Day 3/30

THE RUN: To make today's run a bit more challenging, I did some strength and conditioning with Jillian Micheal's DVD workout before I ran.  I ran a little over 4 miles again! Although today was tough for some reason allergies made it harder to breath.  I kept pushing through and again def relieved the stress of college finals coming up! I think I sweat even more today (yuck haha!) I used a sweat band to help...haha :D 


THE INVITE:  The day isn't over yet as I make my way around college housing tonight I am excited to see if any of the guys and gals will join me next week, especially since I don't have to be there early.  One of the downsides is most people I've asked have not wanted to wait an hour before it actually started.  But every third week I make it a goal to bring someone :D Today I was thinking about approach.  I never really knew how hard it was for me to actually connect with people.  I look back from my teen years and I never felt like I fit in.  I never hung out with "Christian's" at school (only acknowledged them once in a while), but the friends I had, I felt like I never belonged (that's because I didn't HELLO nancy? hahaha...).  I think I'm a very sociable person and that's how God created me, but I am awkward at times! Hahaha...I think it's because I don't always know how to approach others, especially those who don't believe in Christ or not having things in common (it's been easier to make a fool of myself to break the ice overtime).  So throughout this, I really hope to connect or plant seeds in some ways to those students I reach out in housing and at school, even my co-workers.

THE CHALLENGE: On days like today I like to spend time alone.  To be able to clear my mind and get work done.  Honestly when I started to think more and more about this my mind wandered on a rabbit trail and thought "that's just it! I'm not really alone!" Even if I feel like God isn't around, God is still in the midst of it all.  I had a great day even the weather was amazing! (yes I'm human and got frustrated also :/ ) But moving forward in the day I love to know that God is always by my side.  And in the times when it's just me-its Him and me...One of my favorite worship songs by David Crowder Band is "Only You" My worship to Him is having a real relationship with Him! (I learned this a while back).  Everything else is simply an expression of worship.  To know this I take it to heart, God loves me for me, even when I decide to be frustrated with life and people. I need to seek Him...always (Psalms 105:4). I don't mind being alone, but I'm never truly alone.