Monday Night with the Twins

As I write this, it is 4:41 AM and the girls and I are preparing to leave for swim practice when we get notice that it has been canceled due to icy road conditions. Therefore, I'm going back to sleep!

Yesterday was a good solid workout as you'll see in the video.

What I also wanted to mention was the church service on Sunday and the message that Pastor Steve delivered. He basically talked about the fall of man starting with Adam and why it continues. The main reason is our natural sin nature but these were the notes that I jotted down during the service and wanted to put them here to preserve them.

The Fall of Man continues when we:
1. Allow the word of God to be questioned in our mind.
2. Listen to Satan’s lies.
3. Believe that God is withholding good from us.
4. Disobey God’s commandments.
5. Try and cover or hide our sin.
6. Blame our sin on everyone else.

You will never sin and it not effect someone else.
- Steve Berger

This is something to really think about and ponder. . . at least for me. In the past, I've been guilty of all of the above but through God's grace and mercy I'm forgiven and covered for my sin. God continues to do a work within me, and through my training, he speaks to me. I am in Christ and I'm blessed and not cursed. I am the head and not the tail. Thank you Lord!

Random Act of House Searching

Another track workout day that consisted of:
- 1.5 mile warm up
- 5 minutes of stretching
- 8 - 100 yd. sprints
- .5 mile warm down

I wasn't able to do as much as I would've like due to having Kori with me and I didn't want her to get any more bored than she already was. However, she was a trooper by hanging with daddy as he repeatedly circled the track. That must be boring and tortuous and that's why she's my angel.

This morning was an amazing church service and message from Pastor Steve. The Holy Spirit was truly in that place and He spoke to me in a mighty way. Steve spoke about our lives being a flowing, living, and vibrant river moving through us. He correlated and made the connection between the old and the new testament and he shone a new light on the old testament perspective. It was truly eye-opening and revealing in many respects.

2009 is the year of optimism and praying for big things for me. Praying for things that are only possible through the power of the Lord and truly believing and having faith that He will answer prayer. I believe it!

Thursday AM Swim

Today and yesterday were good training days but I found myself being quite tired for some reason. I think it has a lot to with the fact that I'm having to wake up very early but not being able to fall asleep at night. It's catching up to me for sure. However, I had a really good workout this morning that included 45 minutes of swimming and 30 minutes of weights and core work. I'm falling back into the groove for sure.

Tonight I'm actually going to my first bicycle maintenance class and I'm moderately excited about it. Since getting into this cycling thing, I've been quite fascinated with how the bike works and wanting to be able to work on and fix it. Tonight will be the first phase in getting to learn about how to do basic maintenance on the bike which will be quite good for me. We'll see how it goes.

My thoughts today during my workout consisted (oddly enough) of this. I'm not sure why. Maybe the Lord quietly speaking to me in different ways again. Whatever the case, here's what was impressed upon my heart.

"Sometimes our lives have to be dismantled to be built back up."

Many weeks back, my pastor (Steve Berger) said this in one of his messages and it hit home with me back then and really made an impression on me this morning for some unknown reason. Again, and hopefully, it's a spiritual thing where the Lord is working in my life.