I apologize in advance for how weird or strange post this might be. I have literally the best job on the planet because I get to hang out with kids and teach them about how much Jesus loves them. For the last six months I've been teaching 4's & 5's and it's literally a blessing every single Wednesday night. Even though sometimes I wanna pull my hair out because 16 little hangs are grabbing at me and saying Ms. Lacey Ms Lacey. I know get the reference when I was little and my mom would say she's changing her name :)
I just love children and I seriously cannot wait to be married and to have children. As I read blogs on motherhood (yup i'm a freak) my heart swells with the idea that it could be me one day. I so desperately want to have a child refer to me as mommy, or have that huge connect with my baby that so many mothers have. I know God has such great plans for me, and I know the desires of my heart and I want to be obedient and wait because I knew how amazing it will be. I will meet the man that God has made for me, I hate the waiting part I'm not so patient. But God is stretching my faith in that area, and It is showing me some pretty amazing things.
It's crazy when nights like this, He can show me just how great He is. I'm so thankful that I serve a gracious God who wants to give me all of those things. In other news, I worked out this morning even when I didnt want to. I'm averaging almost 2 miles which is a feat for me. I'm heading into week two of C25k which is going pretty well. On another note, my diet is failing a little, I'm going to get back on track. I'm hoping even though I havent always been eating perfect that all this running and weight training is counteracting it a tad.
But until then, thanks for reading... whoever you are :)
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
9 days
Hey all,
So in nine days me and my best friend will be spending four days in New Orleans, I am so excited I cannot stand it. We have been best friend since high school and I moved here to Tallahassee for school and she stayed in Tampa so we try to get together every few months. So this is our get together girls trip and it's going to be super exciting. We're roadtripping and we plan on stopping at cute little towns on the way and just soaking in this special experience.
But on another note, the diet has gone good today I ate super healthy - and the work out was really good today I could have gone longer but the bachelor was on and lets face it that was way more important. I've been focusing on cardio i'm doing the c25k and surprisingly doing extremely well. I'm also focusing on abs and arms.
So please let me know if you have any awesome work outs you want to share or if you're in the tally area and need a work out buddy.
Lacey
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Rough Couple of days
Hey all,
I've been super sick for about a week but it got worse three days ago - but I still manage to stay on my 5k training routine. I only missed one day only because I had to babysit and really needed the moolah haha.
I ran today and it was awesome, I stuck with it and did some weight training today too. Right now I'm kind of just winging it, I dont know really anything about weight training but I'm just trying things out and seeing what works.
With the lack of sleep and working out and being sick I havent been sleeping great. Meaning early night for me, hoping that I fall right to sleep haha :)
I've been super sick for about a week but it got worse three days ago - but I still manage to stay on my 5k training routine. I only missed one day only because I had to babysit and really needed the moolah haha.
I ran today and it was awesome, I stuck with it and did some weight training today too. Right now I'm kind of just winging it, I dont know really anything about weight training but I'm just trying things out and seeing what works.
With the lack of sleep and working out and being sick I havent been sleeping great. Meaning early night for me, hoping that I fall right to sleep haha :)
Thursday, January 31, 2013
2013
Hey there,
Things have been super busy, but as part of the dreaded " New years" resolution I want to blog more :) So January 1st I committed to a diet and exercise plan, I've been doing this raw diet for about a month and it's basically all fruits and veggies, little to no artificial sugars. I've tried to cut out all processed food because they are just bad for you anyways. It's been tough and really not fun all the time but I know that it's the best in the long run :)
I have found some awesome ladies on blogspot who have amazing weightloss journeys, so if you come across my blog make sure you stop and say hi, it's always encouraging :)
Things have been super busy, but as part of the dreaded " New years" resolution I want to blog more :) So January 1st I committed to a diet and exercise plan, I've been doing this raw diet for about a month and it's basically all fruits and veggies, little to no artificial sugars. I've tried to cut out all processed food because they are just bad for you anyways. It's been tough and really not fun all the time but I know that it's the best in the long run :)
I have found some awesome ladies on blogspot who have amazing weightloss journeys, so if you come across my blog make sure you stop and say hi, it's always encouraging :)
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Love story
Life is forever changing, and for a person who despises changes its not a good thing. I had an awesome childhood, despite coming from a divorced home I have four loving parents for the most part. As I'm sitting here babysitting as one of my side jobs to make ends meet my mind wonders. It's really crazy how one text message can send my emotions into a frenzy. Love is a powerful thing, I've been lucky to have been in love once in my life. Or so I thought it was love, every girl comes into this world with thoughts of Prince Charming and being a mommy. My one thought tonight could be summed up as, being a girl sucks. I'm vowing to be different, right now. I said goodbye to the one person I thought I would love forever. I heard God speak to me tonight, telling me to let go. To leave him, to never speak to him again, it's over. The word over is so final.
I don't know what God has planned for me, and that's probably for the best since I don't do so well with change. He has that perfect person for me, and once he finds me. All this heartache all this pain that I've inflected on myself by dating someone who wasn't for me will seem so silly. I can't wait for that day, to look back and to tell the love story God wrote for me.
Everyone deserves happiness, everyone deserves to be with someone they love and who are meant to be.
Call me a hopeless romantic that's okay, I believe he's out there and I believe God is writing my love story and that's enough for me
I don't know what God has planned for me, and that's probably for the best since I don't do so well with change. He has that perfect person for me, and once he finds me. All this heartache all this pain that I've inflected on myself by dating someone who wasn't for me will seem so silly. I can't wait for that day, to look back and to tell the love story God wrote for me.
Everyone deserves happiness, everyone deserves to be with someone they love and who are meant to be.
Call me a hopeless romantic that's okay, I believe he's out there and I believe God is writing my love story and that's enough for me
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Gifts
God has a sense of humor we all know that, and He has a way of allowing me to talk to people about whats going on in my life, and validate how He's orchestrating my life and the way things happen. It's still mind blowing to witness his works, I don't think I'll ever stop being amazed of how powerful He is.
Four years ago June 5, 2008 I graduated from High School, I remember looking around on graduation day thinking wow this is it, I'm about to start my whole life. It makes me teary eyed thinking of that day because it's the essence of who I am. It was my security blanket, I lived in a small town I was a good kid and I had the most amazing friends a girl could ask for. Little did I know four years later God would turn my world upside down. Never did I think I would be in a leadership position at a church working with children, bringing them closer to the Lord. Yes I was a christian all my life, yes I grew up going to church, yes I love children but never did I think that this would be direction of my life.
I can remember vividly applying into the nursing program thinking thank you Lord for leading me here for being faithful and for allowing me to have this awesome opportunity. And that's when He grabbed me and told me He wanted me to trust Him and told me to not go into the Nursing program. I can remember saying out loud, What? You led me here and now you want to turn it down? I was shocked, I put in so much hard work, going to school full time both Spring Fall and summer, I was angry that He just wanted to to turn it down. And that's when He told I have great plans for you, and I just kept hearing that over and over again. I still hear that, when I feel low about something or something doesn't go my way " I have great plans for you" but it was a struggle and some days I didn't know that was the right thing to do. But I thank God for pulling me out of that situation and placing me into a position where I wake up every single day so excited to go to work.
I get told on a daily basis, how awesome I do at my job ( not in a conceited way) about how I make peoples life better or how I'm such a blessing in someone's life. And that honestly feels amazing, to know that I get to do a job that makes someone a better person or brightens their day is an awesome feeling. and it was then that I knew that this what I was made for, this is the talent or gift that the Lord has given me. As I was beginning to think about this and to process all that He was telling me, He gave me these verses.
Psalms 127:3 NLT
Children are a gift from the LORD; They are a reward from him.
Yes I dont have children, but today while in the nursery a lady who volunteers for us whom I adore told me how wonderful of a mother someday I'll be. And it warmed my heart, because it's been on my heart and I love how the Lord uses people to make me feel better.
1 Corinthians 12:7 A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
And then God gave me this verse, and it just spoke volumes to me, that I am here for a reason. I am in this position to help people.
And one more verse Romans 12:7-8 and 9-12, but read those on your own and tell me what you get out of those verses.
So what I propose to you is how are you influencing or helping another person? Are you being that light Christ would want you to be? Is your calling to give? to encourage? to teach? Listen to his voice, and be flexible :)
Four years ago June 5, 2008 I graduated from High School, I remember looking around on graduation day thinking wow this is it, I'm about to start my whole life. It makes me teary eyed thinking of that day because it's the essence of who I am. It was my security blanket, I lived in a small town I was a good kid and I had the most amazing friends a girl could ask for. Little did I know four years later God would turn my world upside down. Never did I think I would be in a leadership position at a church working with children, bringing them closer to the Lord. Yes I was a christian all my life, yes I grew up going to church, yes I love children but never did I think that this would be direction of my life.
I can remember vividly applying into the nursing program thinking thank you Lord for leading me here for being faithful and for allowing me to have this awesome opportunity. And that's when He grabbed me and told me He wanted me to trust Him and told me to not go into the Nursing program. I can remember saying out loud, What? You led me here and now you want to turn it down? I was shocked, I put in so much hard work, going to school full time both Spring Fall and summer, I was angry that He just wanted to to turn it down. And that's when He told I have great plans for you, and I just kept hearing that over and over again. I still hear that, when I feel low about something or something doesn't go my way " I have great plans for you" but it was a struggle and some days I didn't know that was the right thing to do. But I thank God for pulling me out of that situation and placing me into a position where I wake up every single day so excited to go to work.
I get told on a daily basis, how awesome I do at my job ( not in a conceited way) about how I make peoples life better or how I'm such a blessing in someone's life. And that honestly feels amazing, to know that I get to do a job that makes someone a better person or brightens their day is an awesome feeling. and it was then that I knew that this what I was made for, this is the talent or gift that the Lord has given me. As I was beginning to think about this and to process all that He was telling me, He gave me these verses.
Psalms 127:3 NLT
Children are a gift from the LORD; They are a reward from him.
Yes I dont have children, but today while in the nursery a lady who volunteers for us whom I adore told me how wonderful of a mother someday I'll be. And it warmed my heart, because it's been on my heart and I love how the Lord uses people to make me feel better.
1 Corinthians 12:7 A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
And then God gave me this verse, and it just spoke volumes to me, that I am here for a reason. I am in this position to help people.
And one more verse Romans 12:7-8 and 9-12, but read those on your own and tell me what you get out of those verses.
So what I propose to you is how are you influencing or helping another person? Are you being that light Christ would want you to be? Is your calling to give? to encourage? to teach? Listen to his voice, and be flexible :)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Good Enough
I got to be apart of an awesome worship and prayer service last night at my church, I cherish this time with my Savior. I think that time is important, a time where I can put everything aside and worship my Savior. I have a busy schedule, not that I'm trying to boast and show how important I am, I wish that I wasn't so busy. But I'm must be diligent in taking time out of my day for Quiet Time, I've been praying for God to make me bold.
I've been praying for a sort of confidence that I could just go up to people and make conversation. As stupid as this sounds I suck at it. I need courage to know that I'm GOOD ENOUGH, He's been working on my heart with that for months now. Everyone thinks I'm crazy, I don't think people understand it's inward thing. I hear " You're beautiful, you wont end up alone" " Wait on Him, you don't want a Gorilla." I hear these things all the time, and I agree with them, I want to wait I want the person God has created for me. It's hard though I still deal with stuff that really sucks, I stay in the word I'm making it a point to voice out the pain/hurt or anything that I'm going through and leave it at His feet.
It was interesting last night, as we we're singing there was a moment when no words were said, and we got together in little groups and we prayed for people. It made it very evident of everyone's problems, and it made mine feel very insignificant. In the sense that I'm healthy I work for a great church, I have a family who loves me. I know that all the problems that I have are significant and Jesus cares about them. But my problems felt so small compared to the others that I prayed for last night. I realized my life is good, so what that I'm 23 and I'm watching all of my friends get married and have babies, it's just not my time yet. I know the Lord has great plans for me, and they are good plans.
I guess the point of this story is that He is working in my life, He got me out of my comfort zone and I met new people last night. I prayed for new people and I just got to be there which is very powerful.
I've been praying for a sort of confidence that I could just go up to people and make conversation. As stupid as this sounds I suck at it. I need courage to know that I'm GOOD ENOUGH, He's been working on my heart with that for months now. Everyone thinks I'm crazy, I don't think people understand it's inward thing. I hear " You're beautiful, you wont end up alone" " Wait on Him, you don't want a Gorilla." I hear these things all the time, and I agree with them, I want to wait I want the person God has created for me. It's hard though I still deal with stuff that really sucks, I stay in the word I'm making it a point to voice out the pain/hurt or anything that I'm going through and leave it at His feet.
It was interesting last night, as we we're singing there was a moment when no words were said, and we got together in little groups and we prayed for people. It made it very evident of everyone's problems, and it made mine feel very insignificant. In the sense that I'm healthy I work for a great church, I have a family who loves me. I know that all the problems that I have are significant and Jesus cares about them. But my problems felt so small compared to the others that I prayed for last night. I realized my life is good, so what that I'm 23 and I'm watching all of my friends get married and have babies, it's just not my time yet. I know the Lord has great plans for me, and they are good plans.
I guess the point of this story is that He is working in my life, He got me out of my comfort zone and I met new people last night. I prayed for new people and I just got to be there which is very powerful.
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