4 days to go...

Weight this Morning: 175lbs
Goal Weight: 140lbs
Mood: Sleeeeeepy!

I live for weekends. I appreciate them much more now because we really make use of them. I mean we rarely get them to ourselves - we are usually doing some church related or family related activity but we are having fun! So that's what my title refers to...

Last night was the first evening of VBS. From my perspective things went well. There was a rough start just because of the administrative nightmare of about 60+ kids that didnt pre-register and random issues like printer problems but other than that things seemed to go really well. I'm so thankful that God put me in a church that has a youth group that is so active. They really inspire me to participate more and I hope Rebekah will serve the church as she grows older. That makes me think about how we will present our vision of what are the priorities in life to Rebekah. Obviously, we want her to do well in school and get scholarships and become the next president - not really but you get the point; however, more than that I want her to consider God the most important aspect of her life. And with God comes church which means worshipping Him at church, serving Him in any way at church (cleaning a bathroom or helping with VBS), fellowshipping with people her age as well as people who are older or younger, and of course reading from the word and praying constantly. I especially dont want her to feel like church is ever an option and I dont want her to feel that way just because she is scared of me or her dad but because she truly loves God. I am personally far from that but I can see that's where I need to be. God can change anyone at anytime but if Rebekah grows up feeling these things it will be a part of her in some corner of her mind even into adulthood:

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

I heard a child last night who seemed on the path to accepting the Lord and it was pretty amazing. Honestly I dont know if it was a boy or a girl because they were so young and I could only hear their voice but the knowledge and training that child had obviously encountered either from their parents or someone else had stuck. The child was asked all kinds of questions by the counselor to make sure they understood the concept of Christ being our Savior and everything that entailed and I was really shocked at how much the child knew and understood. I didnt hear the whole thing but I was convicted by what I did hear. Reminds me of this verse:

Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Now on to more shallow topics: I didnt work out last night. I just couldnt get to the gym before it got too late. I'm going to try again today. As you can see at the top I'm still steadily losing weight and I'm seriously excited about that! For that reason, I cannot stop working out. Tomorrow I will hopefully tell you that I made it.

4 more days until Jacob gets home too. We have such an inability to talk on the phone. I cant wait until he gets here on Friday.