My squad along with the other 2 October routes were challenged by out advisor to write at least 4 blogs during the month of April. So here is blog #2 for the month.
So in a earlier blog I mentioned the fact that God had been showing me so many things that we wants to teach me as part of my pre race studying (if you wanna call it that), but one of the biggest things that he is showing me, or should I say teaching me as it feels like more of a lesson then just a show, is to slow down, and live in the moment in order to enjoy the moments no matter what. Sometimes this is easy for me to do, but other times it is hard as I may not feel like living in the moment for some reason or another, but as I learned before God trumps everything even my own feelings, and he is going to show me something whether or not I want it to be shown to me. So here are some examples of me living in the moment recently:
Pretty much every Monday night at BSF as I stand there and sing our songs I just take time to look around at all my young adult brothers & sisters in Christ singing in unision to our God, and all I can think is just how blessed I am to be able to be a part of something this incredible and special, and to be led by such a amazing & Godly couple each week (Which we as a group just found out tonight that they are “retiring” from leading after 7 years at then end of the year which is sad since I have learned so much from them about being a Christian, and being a leader). Sitting in my group with some awesome ladies discussing the questions about the passage in Romans that we have to read for that week, and being able to freely talk about it without fear, and not to mention having a amazing support for all that we do, and sharing in our joys and struggles as friends praying for one another. Words cannot describe just how much I am going to miss this amazing group, but I know that I will be coming into just an equally amazing group of young adults who also share my passion of serving God, so that is just too cool to think about. Walking out at the end of the night with a smile on my face, looking up to the stars and just thanking my lucky stars for them, and saying a prayer of thanks for them as well. All I know is that I know that I will at some point during the Race bring up either individuals or the group as a whole as part of my testimony as it is a major part of my faith journey.
The other thing that I have been trying so hard to just live in the moment with is work. I must confess this is hard at times since there are days that work does indeed stress me out, and frustrates me, but in the end it is those times that I now view as teaching moments, and I have learned to just stop and take a breath and say a quick prayer when I feel like I’m getting overwhelmed by the demands that are put on me by my leaders for I know it is for my own good, and its part of their job. But if I really think about it the positive things do outweight the negative things like yes my hours are wacky, but I get to work with some excellent leaders who have shown me how to be an effective leader, and even at times how not to be a leader so that I don’t make those same mistakes or develop good/bad habits/traits that I’ve observed in each one of them.
This is just a brief overview of living in the moment, and I know that there are many other times that I have stopped for a second to enjoy what is around me before continuing on (such as when I was walking in downtown to the Qline stop to go catch the Wings final regular season game with a friend of mine the other night), and I hope that this is something that God continues to show me all throughout the Race as while I know that the Race can be hectic also know that there will be those moments too where I will just stop to smell the roses along the way. Remember YOLO
Til next time your fellow sister in Christ,
Bonnie
Psalms 18:2
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