43 Days and still going....

This has been one of the very best challenges I have ever participated in.

God has taught me a lot about myself and about Him too!

I have never exercised that many days in a row in my whole life!! SERIOUSLY!:)

But, do I ever feel great! I have decided that I am going to continue to commit to this challenge for the next 30 days and the next and the next...

At the beginning of this year I felt that God was pushing me to learn how to persevere. I am

the kind of person who is full of excitement at the beginning of anything new, but then my

interest and enthusiasm begins to fade rather quickly and then I move on to something different.

With this 30 day challenge that James suggested, I thought this might be the very thing that I could do to practice persevering...with many prayers and lots of determination, it has worked well!!!

Being in His Word regularly and reading lots of worthwhile books are also a part of this challenge and doing this has filled me with many thrilling moments of worship, learning, conviction and enjoyment.

Please join me on the next leg of my journey!

Karen

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Reporting in on the 30 Challenge:

I've had a decent string of successful mornings. One big miss in there, but can't linger on it!

This morning I spent half my extra 30 minutes struggling to do basic tasks without the use of my left thumb. You don't appreciate ol' Lefty until you lose the use of him.

Here's some homework: Take a large sharp knife and accidentally injure your thumb. Spend half of your 30 minutes chillin' with Jesus giving him thanks for the gift of dual-thumbs.

Seriously though, this one small injury made me think about my own fragility. At any time I could get in an accident, get a disease or be otherwise incapacitated. Every day of life is a gift!