I'm Alive

Come here often?

I didn't know that the new beginnings of 2013 would keep me from my blog.  The busy schedule of teaching a class and juggling a weird/random personal training schedule combined with the fact that I have shifted more from blogging to writing in my prayer journal have kept me absent.

Even though I still do not have a full-time job, I am thankful for the opportunities that God has given me.  The 2 part time jobs I have are not ideal but they are in my field (or the field I hope to be in) and they are better than a random office job.  I have a church and bible study group that I love.  God has used that to rekindle my daily, personal relationship with Him.  I feel like my perspective and state of mind is a lot better than it was a year ago.  I am thankful for Integrity church and its Bible teaching.  I am thankful to have a Bible study leader who is also a friend.  I am thankful that I get to meet with him almost every Tuesday for dinner to talk about God and life.  I am thankful I have ways to make money to eat out with friends, pay my own gas, and fund the Kingdom of God.  I am trying to count my blessings instead of list my complaints.  Long term this is not where I want to be and this is not what I want to be doing but for right now this is where I am and there is a lot to be thankful for.

I am also thankful for weightlifting.  I really enjoy lifting with and coaching the college team.  I have also started a new blog concerning their training.  Follow it and suscribe to our youtube channel.

Pirate Weightlifting Blog

Pirate Weightlifting Youtube Channel


I will try to do a better job posting in the future.  I think it will be good for me to document what God is teaching and showing me at this point in my life.  I will be able to go back to it to remind myself of His love and faithfulness (in addition to the Bible of course).  I have been praying that God would help me love Him and others with a real and genuine love... a love that could only come from Him.  I have also been praying that all my delight would be in Him.  That I would delight in reading about Him, praying about Him, hearing about Him, learning about Him, sharing about Him.  I think this blog is also good for that... sharing what God is doing in my life and delighting in that.