A good many of my friends now that I am a runner. Today was a pretty sweet day. For the first time since I started training for the Cooper River Bridge Run I ran 2 miles and I would consider it easy. I'm a diabetic so it's hard to eat enough carbs and to cover what I'll burn off. For two miles I'll eat around 300 calories or about 45 carbs. For a 3.5 mile run I'll eat closer to 60 carbs to cover it. So consequently you don't really lose a whole of weight while running. I usually burn off what I eat. But the after effects of running if I run the downtown loop I will benefit from this about 24 hours after. My sugar will be in good control and sometimes I can go with very very little insulin.
This is what keeps me doing it, It's nice to be able to eat a granola bar in the morning and only need half the insulin you normally do if you had been lazy the day before.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Engaging in Worship
I recently read a blog from a worship leader in Summerville, SC. She talked about engaging in worship. She talked about a lot of times we'll say "God's presence needs to be in the house" for a particular be it a Sunday morning or Sunday night service to go well. Then she went on to say that were missing it all together. I played my bass for a total with practice for like 5 hours yesterday for church. Sure we had coordinated and practiced, but the ones who really got anything from what we tried to do were the ones seeking the face of God. I saw tons of people sitting on the pews, missing it! Totally missing it. God is always availible, always in our prescence. But unless we go after it we'll never get a thing out of worship service no matter how good or bad the music is!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Chapter 3
Ruth's at the threshing floor. This is an interesting chapter, Naomi basically tells Ruth to let Boaz know she's available for marriage. What strikes me most about this chapter was this:
10 "The LORD bless you, my daughter," he replied. "This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of noble character.
Boaz tells Ruth, that his fellow townsmen know that she is of Noble character. I believe too that it's not because she goes around saying look at me, look at what I've been through, I've risen above my circumstances and I still trust in my God.
I believe she was meek, she was hard working and dependable. I believe Ruth would've been the best friend you could ask for. I think she's in the bible for women to take a look at and say I should be more like her.
10 "The LORD bless you, my daughter," he replied. "This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of noble character.
Boaz tells Ruth, that his fellow townsmen know that she is of Noble character. I believe too that it's not because she goes around saying look at me, look at what I've been through, I've risen above my circumstances and I still trust in my God.
I believe she was meek, she was hard working and dependable. I believe Ruth would've been the best friend you could ask for. I think she's in the bible for women to take a look at and say I should be more like her.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Chapter 2 Ruth meets her Man
Oh Snap that's right, in chapter two Ruth meets Bodacious Boaz! If you remember in chapter 1 basically Ruth is chilling with her mother in law Naomi, all man less and stuff but she's sticking by her Mama N. Ruth's in a new land and they are poor. So poor that Ruth needs to go glean the fields, she wants to go
"Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." (verse 2) Girl knows what time it is. So she starts gleaning the fields and someone does find favor with her.
Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, "Whose young woman is that?" (verse 5)
The harvesters tell Boaz what's up and to which he replies:
8 So Boaz said to Ruth, "My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field and don't go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls. 9 Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the girls. I have told the men not to touch you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled."
He goes on to tell her that he had been told what she had done for Mama N, and He tells her in verse 12
12 May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
He later invites her to have a sweet dinner and tells his harvesters to leave a little extra for her to pick up.
When she gets back from gleaning Naomi asked what happened. Ruth tells her to keep staying close to Boaz's servants because otherwise she may be harmed in other fields.
The most interesting things I take from this are the fact that Ruth was willing to go glean in the fields to "provide" for her and Mama N and it was dangerous.
Boaz sees something special in her and shows favor, but not cause he's a man because He's being lead by God. She was recognized for her efforts, leaving her family and going to a new land couldn't be easy, but she did and the Lord showed favor for her.
"Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." (verse 2) Girl knows what time it is. So she starts gleaning the fields and someone does find favor with her.
Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, "Whose young woman is that?" (verse 5)
The harvesters tell Boaz what's up and to which he replies:
8 So Boaz said to Ruth, "My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field and don't go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls. 9 Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the girls. I have told the men not to touch you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled."
He goes on to tell her that he had been told what she had done for Mama N, and He tells her in verse 12
12 May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
He later invites her to have a sweet dinner and tells his harvesters to leave a little extra for her to pick up.
When she gets back from gleaning Naomi asked what happened. Ruth tells her to keep staying close to Boaz's servants because otherwise she may be harmed in other fields.
The most interesting things I take from this are the fact that Ruth was willing to go glean in the fields to "provide" for her and Mama N and it was dangerous.
Boaz sees something special in her and shows favor, but not cause he's a man because He's being lead by God. She was recognized for her efforts, leaving her family and going to a new land couldn't be easy, but she did and the Lord showed favor for her.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Ruth Chapter 1, highlights
Ruth is one of the only women in the bible that has the "honor" of having a book named after her. This made me think it would be a good idea to really dig into this book so here's what I'm learning from it so far:
In the first chapter of the book of Ruth it gives you background. Here's how it went down,
Noami had two sons, they married Ruth and Naomi. After 10 years, Naomi's two sons die and There's Orpah, and Ruth. Naomi's mad adn bitters she tells O, and Big R go back to your mothers maybe you can get a new man, I'm too old to have any more kids, and even if I did it'd be crazy for you to marry them go back and get you a man!
Orpah, say basically foo, I'm outta here but Ruth Replies:
16 But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
This is why I like Ruth, she doesn't leave her lady. Obviously her and Naomi had a strong bond, and if you read the first chapter she tells Orpah, to go back to her home and her "gods". Naomi believes in the one true God and Ruth sticks with her. Also notice in the last verse, Naomi is still bitter, but follows the Lord and Ruth's right there with her. I bet Ruth was an amazing friend and a stubborn one at that.
In the first chapter of the book of Ruth it gives you background. Here's how it went down,
Noami had two sons, they married Ruth and Naomi. After 10 years, Naomi's two sons die and There's Orpah, and Ruth. Naomi's mad adn bitters she tells O, and Big R go back to your mothers maybe you can get a new man, I'm too old to have any more kids, and even if I did it'd be crazy for you to marry them go back and get you a man!
Orpah, say basically foo, I'm outta here but Ruth Replies:
16 But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
This is why I like Ruth, she doesn't leave her lady. Obviously her and Naomi had a strong bond, and if you read the first chapter she tells Orpah, to go back to her home and her "gods". Naomi believes in the one true God and Ruth sticks with her. Also notice in the last verse, Naomi is still bitter, but follows the Lord and Ruth's right there with her. I bet Ruth was an amazing friend and a stubborn one at that.
Monday, February 2, 2009
FireProof
Okay I watched the Kirk Cameron movie Fireproof last night. It was nothing short of excellent. It had an awesome presention of the gospel and our need for Jesus Christ. It also had a good representation of a broken marraige that was beyond reconciliation, but with the work of Jesus around them reconciled. If you haven't seen this movie see it, married or not christian or not see it.
We are going to show this movie at my church either on a Sunday night or morning I pray that it's in the morning! I want to see this as an outreach. For people from our church to invite unsaved friends, there kids that don't attend anyone that can benefit from a salvation message or a message about Christ centered relationships.
We are going to show this movie at my church either on a Sunday night or morning I pray that it's in the morning! I want to see this as an outreach. For people from our church to invite unsaved friends, there kids that don't attend anyone that can benefit from a salvation message or a message about Christ centered relationships.
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