Snot, Coughs and crying!

Toast- 1.5, coffee- free, Orange- 1, counting points again= ugh! Well today is actually day two because I didn't make it on here last night. I know ...what do you expect from a monday, a wife and a mom of a toddler.

So sunday night I had a plan, a purpose, I was to establish order in my monday so that I can be successful in my new journey. Here is how I planned it to go.. Get up early, workout, market early to get my healthy snacks, eat 5 small meals, clean house, read and devotion while Noah naps, and have dinner ready to go at 530 when sal got home.

Here is how it really went down.. Noah woke up at 8, and I couldn't because we were up all night with his cough. The only workout I got was carrying him around the house all day because apparently his legs decided they didn't want to work yesterday. I think I ate my first meal at 1pm when I tried to lay Noah down for a nap. As soon as I got my stuff together to do my devotion time and read he was already up from his nap. After 15 minutes of tears, snot and coughing I brought him to my bed were he crashed for another half hour.

I finally got to the market at 330pm and my hubby was eating dinner at 730. What in the world happen, this was the day I was to conquer the fitness world. So I lay in bed at the end of the night thinking that I can take this day two ways. One as a opportunity and challenge or be discouraged with self pity, what happen to the time for me. Of course self pity seemed to have the edge! Ugh!

I picked up my book “ Authentic Faith” that I am reading and the chapter I read for the day was entitled “living beyond yourself- The discipline of selflessness.” Are you kidding me, God cant you just let me waddle in my self pity for just a few minutes. There were many things that I hit me in this chapter but one thing really hit the heart.

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He says “ When our happiness is dependent on what happens to us and when our self-focus determines our daily mood, our joy will necessarily be limited to whatever good thing happens to us. But when we learn to truly delight in the welfare of others and rejoice in what God is doing in their lives the potential for increase joy skyrockets.”

I am not exactly sure why this spoke wonders to me today, but like it says in Romans 8:28 God make all things work for good. I realize that if I don't learn to embrace Proverbs 16:9 “ A mans heart plans his way But the Lord directs his steps” then I am going to get discouraged and give up quickly. Then I was reminded that I am not just setting out to learn about fitness and food but also true authentic faith. Yesterday was defiantly about faith I didn't realize it till today.

Submitting to Gods plan and His training abilities,

Monica