I literally went through so much my second semester of my sophomore year of college, I don't really know how I didn't break. Anything horrible that you might assume would happen, happened. Everything from ending a year and a half relationship, to three deaths in my family, to falling out with friends. I wish I could say that I am exaggerating, but I'm not. I found myself at the end of the year, wondering what on Earth happened to my life in that time span. I had somewhat relied on God, but not as much as I should have. I found myself not feeling good enough at all for several reasons.
I finally came to a point where I really realized that everything that had happened to me in my life, including all those experiences the past semester, made me who I am. I realized that God had let everything happen to me for a reason. Any doubts about myself, or my life that I had ever had were washed away. I realized that I AM WORTH IT to Him, and that I am "Fit for Faith." God has given me so much to be thankful for, and I owe Him every bit of faith that I have. If I didn't have my faith in God, I don't know where I would be.
So that is a small overview of where the Faith part came from. Now for for the Fitness part of the "Fit." After I got my spiritual walk back on track, I looked at myself in the mirror and realized that I was by no means in good shape. I had let myself go the past semester due to stress, and constantly being busy with school and life in general. I had not made fitness a top priority. God tells us that we should honor him with our bodies (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) and I had not been doing that. If I'm being honest, that was not the first reason I wanted to get in shape. It was because I was literally fat. I would never label anyone else as this, but I feel like its ok to say that about myself. It was ridiculous how awful I felt about myself. I started to get serious about losing the weight, and then realized that I could make this into something to glorify God also. So that's what I did.
I got the inspiration to write this blog, to maybe help others see that you can connect these two things. Also, if no one reads this, it helps me get my thoughts out, and that is all that matters! I wanted to start now because I am still in the middle of my journey. As of right now, I have lost about 17 pounds and I am about to start measuring inches. I just joined a gym back in the town I go to school in, and I have a running partner as well. So far this week we have racked up six miles, which is great for me because I have not run all summer.
The point is, I want to continue on this journey and document what I'm feeling, what fitness steps I'm taking, and how God is directing this all. This blog is going to be about my life, and how I am bettering it step by step! I am so excited to see how God uses me in this stage of life!
