Power of Patience …

I don’t think I can go a week, a day, even an hour without having to learn the importance of patience in some way or another.  If you know me you know I am a planner, always prepared for what is next to come.  After high school…college, after college… grad school (okay I didn’t predict that one), after grad school… job…. And the list goes on.  But I find myself in a stagnate state, I have a job I love, semi-close to family and while I may complain… I’m blessed with a roof over my head and food on the table. 

So why patience you might ask?  As I wonder what’s next for me, a runner at heart, it feels so strange to be in one place and thinking about where I want to plan my future.  I have so many questions these days that I want an answer to immediately, but unfortunately that is not how it works.  My timing is God’s timing, he will reveal what he wants for my life piece by piece, but in his own way and on his own timeline. <<< Easier said than done right!

Whether it’s a job, the next chapter is in your life, marriage, a family… we all have wants (and what some of us may think are needs) but if you take a step back and look at past situations in your life, you see that God provided in just the right moment with the right thing to get you where you are today.  That’s a constant reminder for me to trust in all He has planned for my life and in hope that some of my desires come soon J

As you all know since moving to Southern California I have become a workout fen.  Bootcamp was so inspiring for me and really made me think about myself.  Recently I have come to find out I have torn my ACL again and have a slight tear in PCL.  Minor set back but just like the first time, senior year in high school, I am using this time to settle down as God uses crazy things to remind us of what’s important in life.  I am enjoying cardio and yoga now, using my Savasana (time of reflection) at the end of yoga class to pray about everything I am grateful for!

I encourage all of you who may be still searching for something and have a yearning desire for answers to have PATIENCE and trust that in time everything will be revealed to you.  Some day down the road you can look back and realize how blessed your life really is because of God’s timing!

Love to y'all ~Brie Lynne

Remember What Matters Most...

It has been FOR-EV-ERRR (much needed Sandlot reference!).  Needless to say these past three weeks have been a blur, and with one weekend off ahead, it all starts up again after.  I hope this finds everyone well and enjoying the Fall as it embraces us, FINALLY, and the holidays are right around the corner!

The last two weeks I have been on the go but a good on the go.  It started with our first Fall championships at the Big West, cross country the last weekend in October, just love watching people run! That next Friday I landed in the South to celebrate two very special friend’s birthdays! While I was only there for hours… maybe 60… Each moment is always great with my Memphis family.  This past week I traveled up North for the men’s soccer championship in Davis.  Luckily we had semifinals Wednesday and finals Saturday so I got to have some much needed time with the fam!

These past two weeks and being with my family, Memphis and Stockton, I have realized that is what life is all about! I am my happiest when I am surrounded by those I love most and those that care for me as well.  Work has swallowed my life to the core, which in my line of work can be an easy thing to happen, but I must step back and make time for the things that keep me going when overwhelmed.

Life can grab us and not let go, spinning us around and putting blinders up to the things that we need to have strength to get through.  While I have my routine, work, Saturday off for errands and regroup, Sunday church and then work, nowhere in there am I making time for me, or most importantly my relationship with God. 

Many questions stagger in my mind these days and I forget the ultimate answers lye in meditating and focusing on God’s will for our life and where he wants us to be.  But in order to listen to his calling we must first meditate on his word and go to him with all things.  We must walk in faith in every aspect of our lives, it is hard to give God everything, sometimes it means losing that that means the most to you.

 A dear friend recently reminded me of Deuteronomy 28:1-2, “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on the earth.  All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God.”

    

Love to y'all! ~Brie