Pressing On

I saw this inspirational sign at the gym: “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” The message of course, is meant to encourage us in the physical form. To challenge and push ourselves in order to get stronger, leaner etc..  I guess this is the new and improved version of “No Pain, No Gain.” I had misread what time the class started that day and while I thought I was 20 minutes early to grab a spot and the necessary equipment; I was only 5 minutes early. Therefore, I was late and all of the medium size dumbbells were taken. That left me with heavier than normal weights to “challenge” myself. Super! This was going to be painful!  I typically thrive on change. I move to a new city and jump right in. I love having a different view on the seat of the plane. I remember taking a train ride up the coast with my sister once. On one side of the train was beautiful countryside while on the other was the ocean view. I wanted to see it all so I switched sides on the return so I

I am enjoying our new neighborhood. It’s a planned community with paved walkways throughout.They are still building around us so we have some concrete paths that start and stop. They have plans for them to eventually continue and connect, making it easy to walk, run or bike throughout the neighborhood. Annie loves it too. She has her favorite spots and a few times we have taken her off the path to run in the grass and play fetch.  I like exploring a bit to see how all of this will connect and where that next path  might take me. Some just stop and it’s all leveled dirt with future plans for either more homes or a road. A temporary dead end you might say.   Such is life. We can be booking along with our destination in mind and all of a sudden we are at a dead end. These past few years, with each move; I knew God had called me to open up my home for a bible study. I met amazing women and we grew together in our walk closer to  God. I saw lives changed. Including mi