Watch out, World! Sherry has finally started blogging!!!
First off I will explain the title. I get a devotional in my inbox every day and a few weeks ago I got one that was called Getting Up Again and it was based on Hebrews 12:1 which states: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. The author of the devotional goes into describing his son who in a hurdle race fell down and jumped back up again and kept going without hesitating for a second and ended up winning third place and also continued competing for another hour and a half with bandaged injuries. And obviously that ties into how as Christians even when we fall down (usually because of something self inflicted) we have to jump back up again and keep striving towards our goal of finishing the race that God has set out for us. And seeing as how I am CONSTANTLY falling down in every aspect of my life (family, spiritual, work, friendships, you-name-it) I thought I need to make myself focus on the getting up part. Anyway, that's that!
A tiny bit about me: I've been married for about four and a half years. We have one daughter and her name is Rebekah and she will be turning three on June 23rd. She is both a handful and a miracle.
First off I will explain the title. I get a devotional in my inbox every day and a few weeks ago I got one that was called Getting Up Again and it was based on Hebrews 12:1 which states: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. The author of the devotional goes into describing his son who in a hurdle race fell down and jumped back up again and kept going without hesitating for a second and ended up winning third place and also continued competing for another hour and a half with bandaged injuries. And obviously that ties into how as Christians even when we fall down (usually because of something self inflicted) we have to jump back up again and keep striving towards our goal of finishing the race that God has set out for us. And seeing as how I am CONSTANTLY falling down in every aspect of my life (family, spiritual, work, friendships, you-name-it) I thought I need to make myself focus on the getting up part. Anyway, that's that!
A tiny bit about me: I've been married for about four and a half years. We have one daughter and her name is Rebekah and she will be turning three on June 23rd. She is both a handful and a miracle.
My husband is an elder (like a pastor) at our church so we are obviously very involved there and we also both work full time. We both come from big families and prefer to have them around most of the time. In fact, I'm pretty sure the only reason we are still sane is because of the help we have gotten from our families over the years. Also, three years after giving birth to my daughter I finally decided to lose pregnancy weight mixed in with newlywed weight. Yes, I'm long overdue but I've finally decided to make it a priority thanks to my brother in law and future sister in law who will be getting married in Puerto Rico next January. I decided if I was going to happily go I needed to lose about 60lbs. I've got 40lbs to go and undoubtedly this might be used as a sounding board from time to time. I apologize in advance!!! Lastly, the biggest struggle for me over the past 6 months or so has been trying to develop spiritually and strengthen my fellowship with God. So you will surely read some of that too! I guess that's me in a nutshell...
I'm going to close my first post thanking my friend Aubrey who inspired me to start the blog. I love reading hers and finally decided to commit to one myself. The only problem is that I now feel this overwhelming pressure to make it at least half as interesting as I find hers...If I fail in that arena, please just dont tell me. :)
I'm going to close my first post thanking my friend Aubrey who inspired me to start the blog. I love reading hers and finally decided to commit to one myself. The only problem is that I now feel this overwhelming pressure to make it at least half as interesting as I find hers...If I fail in that arena, please just dont tell me. :)
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