Commitment.

I'm currently on 4 sports teams at school. It takes a lot of commitment to do all these things. Staying late after school just to train, waking up early to train, and eating healthy to stay fit. I sometimes feel like I've been too committed with these sports and I'm not committed to live a Godly life.

It's hard to stay focused when other things are in the way. Tournaments, practices, and competition. Sometimes i get caught up in the hype of another tournament i feel like i just try to rely on myself. I know that i can't do it all by myself and God is the one who created me to have the ability to do this. If I'm able to stay committed to these sports then I'm able to be committed to God.

Staying committed to one thing is hard. So always start with one thing.

Run!

Isaiah 40:28-31

²⁸ Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He will not grow tired or weary,

and his understanding no one can fathom.

²⁹ He gives strength to the weary

and increases the power of the weak.

³⁰ Even youths grow tired and weary,

and young men stumble and fall;

³¹ but those who hope in the LORD

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.

When you run in a race what's the purpose of it? Why do people keep pushing themselves, even when they're tired? We often keep running until we just can't anymore. We have things in our spiritual lives where we're running and running and just don't stop, even when we're tired. God wants you to enjoy your spiritual life. He doesn't want you to become weary or for it to ever become boring. He wants you to be strengthened and renewed. He wants to you feel you are running well - he wants you to be a winner, not a loser.

Hold you hands in victory above your head. Close your eyes. Breathe in and out deeply. Picture God filling you with strength. Filling you with encouragement. With joy in a race well run. With a reminder that it is for him and to him you run.

I often find myself pushing myself to do my best, even when the task is somewhat boring. When i look back at what i have done, i realized that i could have done it so much better if i slowed myself down. I always find myself rushing myself and i don't learn as much. I realized that i should slow myself down and let God guide me, instead of me running ahead of the plans.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You're Unique.

We all have our own struggles and challenges which make up our own story.

We are all unique. None of us are the same.

We are all different. We may think that there's nothing special about me.

I have had those thoughts before. I didn't know what to do i had no friends that were there to support me or encourage me. I realized that we all have our own things we need to overcome. I realized that we all have our own ways to overcome things. An example is, releasing stress. For me, i do it by working out or playing sports. Others may do it by journal-ing or talking a walk. You're special in God's eyes. We may sometimes let others get in the way of our relationship with God and they make us feel like we're worthless but we aren't.

God made us different. There is no one on this earth that is the same as you. Be yourself all day, ever day (:

Don't ever change because people like you come once in a lifetime.