Running the Race to the Finish Line

This last week I have been going through being happy, then being down. Sometimes I wish that I didn’t have these emotions like this so much. Friday night we had our Bunco night for the Ladies at our church. We had a lot of fun celebrating our Pastor’s wife birthday and fellowshipping, even though we all decided not to play Bunco after all. LOL It was a beautiful day on Saturday which my son had his baseball game for the JV for school and they won 5-3 he got hit by the ball twice. I went to a job interview last week and won’t know anything until this week. The lady said that once they get it down and if I am in those last few people then I will get a call to come back for a 2^nd interview and for a Microsoft testing. She called me back the next day and asked me to come in today for the test. Took the test think I did okay on some of it, the Excel part I did okay except there was a part I couldn’t remember so we will see by the end of the week. Hoping this is the job, but like I have said it is what God wants, because He is the one in control of my life.

                I watched the video of Derek Redmond running a race and as he was running he torn his hamstring, his dad appeared from the stands breaking through security to help him. His dad told him he didn’t have to do this Derek told him “I do” because he didn’t want to give up. I have come to realize that this is what Jesus is doing as we walk or run in our daily lives. Jesus is right there beside us, helping us along in our race that we are running. God has set a course for us that we need to finish, but are we up to the challenge?

As 2 Timothy 4:7 states: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. So let us keep the faith and fight the good fight so we can finish this race. Also Hebrews 12:1 states: Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. I am going to keep my faith; I am going to ask Jesus to help me run this race. So I AM determined to run and finish this race that God has set out for me. So who wants to join me in this race? 

Busy Past Week

     It sure has been awhile since I have posted it seemed like life was slipping away with being so busy. Last week was good one my son had a baseball game so glad the weather was nice. I went on a walk yesterday with my oldest daughter and one of my friends from the support group that I volunteer with...The Compassionate Friends (support group for families after a child dies). It was really nice out for it, but I realized when I got up this morning and throughout the day that my legs are hurting me. When I got up this morning my brother called to inform me that one of our Uncles died, not sure from what yet. Hope everyone had a great week.

Another Day

            I am sitting here pondering on things in the past that have happen and think about the things that are happening now are similar but in a different way. For instance when you lose a baby you think it is the end of the world and you can’t go on and make it. Let me say I felt that way when I lost my son Anthony from Potter’s Syndrome (having no kidneys) when he was twenty-two minutes old. I sit here and realize I got through the hard part even though I didn’t know how. Yes, I miss him but know that it is a day to day process of healing. At the time I knew God but wasn’t walking with him in my life, but I know that God is the one who got me through because he knew I would come back to him in time. Now I am facing a similar situation, but it’s not losing a child it is losing a job and having to face where is the money coming from. We are living on my husband’s pay but I know that God is the one providing for us; and I am thankful for that.

                I am keeping myself busy by looking for work and reading books which I haven’t really sat down and read this many books in a long time. I have read three books in the past week and now reading another. A couple of the books are about the Daughters of Lancaster County which are Amish families relying on God, very good books. I am also reading grief books which help in so many ways. Some tell you what to say and do and what not to say and do when people are facing grief from losing a love one. I am reading one now called The Grief Club written by Melody Beattie so far it is very good. This book is about healing through life’s losses (whatever that loss may be i.e. Death, divorce, drug addiction, etc.). I am reading these books to help me support others through their grief; God has touched my heart and is using me to touch others and let His light shine through me. I am a volunteer for The Compassionate Friends which is a group for supporting a family after a child dies. This group is for parents, grandparents, and siblings. Since I have a lost a child I know what these people are going through even though each situation is different. One of my jobs is Newsletter Editor, which I put together the Newsletter for our group. I give God the glory for guiding me to Susan my friend who is the Leader of The Compassionate Friends Chapter in our area. 

                Well, on to another day tomorrow. May the Lord Jesus be with you and your family, and may His peace be surrounding you.