#FIT

#timetotone

So now the new year is rolling on and I am somewhat feeling "normal" again after our eventful and sick holidays. I am not really a RESOLUTION setter but I do like to set ATTAINABLE goals for myself. I always feel refreshed for the new year, new calendar to fill... at lightening speed I might add, new goals, new chance, new ME!

I have 2 GOALS and they are both to get FIT...
1. Physically Fit
2. Faithfully Fit

PHYSICALLY FIT
I feel like the fastest way to success is to know yourself, how you "work", accept it, and plan towards accomplishing your goals in the way you KNOW you will do it. For me, unfortunately, exercising has always been sporadic, inconsistent and honestly the first thing to "GO" if I get too busy. Terrible I know. Especially since ol' gal (meaning me) is in her LATE (hate that word) 30's. No, I am not old, I am actually a young soul, but let's be honest... things... um... change. I have never struggled with a weight issue (a perk of being almost 6 feet tall I guess- lots of room to stretch it out) but after 2 kids, things have "shifted" and are not quite as firm/tone as they may have once been... Hence TIME TO TONE. Knowing how inconsistent I am on my own but how I am always going to make it to a set appointment, I decided to go with the TRAINER route. Myself and a fab friend started last week and let's just say my body is still in SHOCK. So I will rally these ol bones and continue on... soreness and all.

FAITHFULLY FIT
I am a work in progress on my journey to holiness but I do strive to be more Christ like every day in my actions and in my teaching of life lessons for my children. Some days I feel like I am well on my way, others my "humanity" takes over and I need to have a do-over, anyone feel the same? Thank the Lord for his continued grace and mercy in my life. EVERYDAY.

I love that my son's school has a "Faithfully Fit" program. He has a t-shirt for this program and I am reminded each time I see it of what is truly important. I love the perspective the key verse gives me... 1 Timothy 4:8- "For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in EVERY way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come."

A precious friend gave me a journal for Christmas and I have started writing my favorite verses in it as well as prayer requests. My GOAL is to continue doing this until I have gone through my entire Bible and write down all the favorite/meaningful verses I have underlined AND to truly be a prayer warrior for my husband, children and others too. So that when I say I am praying for you, you truly know that I am... and more than once!

Scott and I pray with and for our children daily. I wanted to share my nightly prayer for each of my children that I have prayed literally over them since the day each were born.

My Prayer for My Children: "the 4 S's... and 1 F"
Salvation: Lord, please call him/her early to you and help us be the parents to help lead them to you.
Spouse: Lord, please provide a mate for him/her that is both christian and compatible.
Safety: Lord, please protect him/her in every way- physically, spiritually, emotionally, sexually...
Spirit: Lord, I pray his/her spirit is not rebellious.
Friends: Lord, please provide christian friends throughout his/her life with good morals and intentions and help us be the parents to steer them in the right direction on this.

My Prayer Verse for My Children: Ephesians 3:16-19
"I pray that out of his glorious riches that he may strengthen Holder/Malone with power through his spirit in Holder's/Malone's inner being so that Christ may dwell in Holder's/Malone's heart through faith. And I pray that Holder/Malone, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how WIDE and LONG and HIGH and DEEP is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that Holder/Malone may be filled to the measure of ALL the fullness of God." Amen.