My Journey

Opportunity??

Last week, Cammy went to her first birthday party of someone in her preschool class. I didn't know the family other than maybe eye contact, or a smile (if even that) when dropping and picking Cammy up from school. So Cammy was excited. She really likes this girl and talks about her a lot, although Chloe's still her #1 :) . I wasn't sure if I was gonna stay or not, I definitely had to check-it-out first, but when I got there I began talking with the friend's mom and another mom from class. It was a nice conversation. I felt very comfortable in their home. Cammy was having a blast, so I felt it was okay to leave her for awhile. The party was great, Cammy had fun. My baby went to her first big girl birthday party :( (Sad face, cause she growing up too fast).

Anyway, the next week came to drop Cammy at school and I connected with the two moms again and continued in conversations with them. On Wednesday, one mom asked me what I was doing while the kids were in class being that I was dressed in my work-out clothes. I have been trying to keep some sort of exercise regimen since I lost my hiking buddies, but doing it alone is no fun and it's easy for me to cancel when I just don't feel like it. So anyway, she asked if I would like to join them at Lady Fitness since they themselves just found out that they belonged to the same gym. I thanked her for the invite, and said I would think about it. Well, I did my jogging around the park thing, which is cool, but kind of lonely at the same time and I thought about connecting with the moms. Sure I had all those negative thoughts running through my mind like, "they have more in common with each other than me; they live by each other; they have sibling kids the same age; their husbands both work nights...." I mean really, the more I thought about it, it was weird how much more they had in common with each other than they had with me, and what do I have to offer?

But God kept pressing on me that He provides opportunities to connect with people; opportunities for relationships to be made and built upon; opportunities to share his love. I could easily talk myself out of doing the work necessary to form a relationship, or listen to all the negative thoughts on why I shouldn't. But why would I do that? Then I would be missing out on something precious that God has provided. He has opened my eyes to see Him in a brand new way. I don't want to miss a thing. He is everywhere and in everything.

So I did it! I went with my new friends to the gym and signed up to join. I have never even stepped foot in a gym before today. I have always done my exercises at home or outdoors, so this is new for me. Who knows what other relationships will be born from this. I am looking forward to it! Thanks Lord.

posted by Tracy @ 2:13 PM