Overall, I'm pleased with my choices. Some of the positive moments include completing my reading goal, logging my food and exercise in MFP for all fourteen days, exercising on eleven days, but completing fifteen workouts, sticking within my calories on all but one day, and only having one margarita. I also managed to get a good chunk of the fishtank cleaned out. Yeah me. Some of the challenges include skipping exercise this past Thursday and Friday with no good reason other than laziness and not running longer than 6.2 miles, and having that hostess cupcake when I wasn't hungry, didn't need it and knew it didn't belong in my diet.
My reading for today shows how Jacob grew his family. His sons became the tribes of Israel. Jesus is also beginning to reveal his reason for coming and is starting to reveal Himself as the son of God.
It's not ironic that today was baptism day. When both my children were babies, we baptized them choosing special people to look after them spiritually. The church we attend does not baptize babies. Instead, they have a dedication. This is when the parents and the church agree to raise the child in the Christian faith. Baptism comes later, when one publically declares that they have chosen to follow Jesus Christ. They acknowledge that His death on the cross was sufficient to forgive them for all of their sins, and by God's grace they have been saved from hell and will enjoy eternal life with Christ in Heaven. After this public declaration, they are dunked in the water. This year, that water was at a point where two local rivers meet. It was powerful.
Kat chose a verse from 1Timothy 4:12. "Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity." Although I didn't see it at the time, a friend pointed out that she did exactly what her verse said - she was an example to her dad. He was in the class with her when he decided to be baptized as well. It was a very good day.
"The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you." Psalm 9:9-10.
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