Last night I got the exciting news that I had made it to the second phase of the KDUV-fm In Shape Challenge in an email from Shannon Steele. Along with the email came the news that I had to get a letter from my doctor that said I could go on and compete, and then I realized the deadline was less than a day away! I was frantic, because after twenty years of going to the same family doctor who moved recently, our family was just beginning to settle with a new doctor. Just from my short time with our new doctor, experience had already taught me that I would have to wait for this busy man to respond to anything-- it took weeks to get in to see him, and prescriptions that I’d had for years took weeks just to refill, and now I needed him to write me a letter, and, he had less than a day’s response-time! It didn’t seem likely that this was going to happen.
Today, I called his office and told my story about this exciting challenge to his nurse and explained the letter and told her when I would need it by; she said would do what she could. At this point, though, I was beginning to feel the day slip away, and figured I was done and out of this challenge- a bummer to me, but I figured: “There’s always next time around.” My friend and his wife called attention to my mistrust in God, and reminded me of all that God has done for himself and his wife, and me throughout our relationship with Him. He told me I needed to pray, and rely on Him to take care of the situation, if it was His will.
So, I took some time to step aside from myself, and put my trust back in Him. I prayed about the situation, as did my friends and family…And who could have guessed what happened next?! Less than twenty minutes later I got a call from my doctor’s office--they had my letter ready! I was truly amazed at the whole situation, which only served to remind me who really is in charge, and where I need to leave my faith.
My motto this week! Phillipians 4:13-14 “For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need. But even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulties.” This verse is a steadfast form of encouragement for me, especially when entering a challenge. I know I couldn’t even be where I am today without Christ, and I know that with his help,- whether it is a minni ‘can I get this on time?!’ crisis, or this entire competition- I know that I can rise up to this challenge as long as I remain in Him and rely on His strength to get me through. The second part of this verse is for everyone-those partaking in this challenge and every one else who is trying to reach a weight loss goal-I am excited to be able to share my journey as you are going through some of the same stuggles or disappointments, and joys of enduring the challenge of loosing weight.
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