Brand New Day

I know it's been a long time since I've written.  Sorry!  No good excuse, so I won't give you any. :-)  

If you know me at all, you know that music has always played a major role in my life.  Towards the beginning of this journey 2.5 years ago, I fell in love with the song "Make War" ...

 

It became my anthem as I strove to make war against the old me, the sin, the bad habits, the laziness... all of it!

Well, thanks to Pandora, I now have a new song!  The song is "Brand New Day" by KJ-52.  I liked it from the beginning, but the middle of the song is what really caught my attention.  It says repeatedly, 

I'm not where I wanna be, but I'm not where I used to be...

If this doesn't explain how I feel, I don't know what does.  I still have such a ways to go, but I have come so far!  God has made amazing changes in my life over the last 2.5 years.  I am NOT who I was 2.5 years ago.  I was looking for a picture on facebook last weekend, and I came across these beauties...

The first picture was taken in April of 2010.  It was before my first 5k!  I finished second to last... and the last lady had a baby stroller.  Dang.  It was my goal just to finish.  I finished! :)  The next picture was taken when Leanne and Ashley kidnapped me and took me to the mountains for a weekend.  As it says in the picture, it was October 2010, just a month after I began my journey.  Wow.  Praise be to God for the changes He has brought about in me.  Not just my weight, but my lifestyle!  So much is different in my life now.  Mainly my priorities are different... my health is right up at the top of the list!  

I do feel a need to also say though, that I was not miserable in either of those pictures.  It makes me sad when people refer back to pre-weightloss days and talk about them as if everything was doom and gloom before they lost weight.  Yes, I needed to make changes, but my life still had joy!  Jesus is no more my saviour now that I'm 77 lbs less than He was before at my heaviest. He doesn't love me any more now than He did before.  He has ordained every step of my life... every step... from the slowest 5k ever to my new best 5k time last weekend. :) He has been so good and faithful to me.

Back to my song... more of the lyrics are...

Your sunlight is on my face
I look back how far I came
I think about how much I've changed
It was hard at times but I'm not the same
You deserve all this praise
You deserve all the fame
You deserve all my ways
I point back to You each and all my days

I'm not the same!  Praise Jesus I am not the same!  And without further ado, here's the song!  (My favorite part is at 2:08)

I'll try to be better about updating in the future... I'm 3 pounds away from my next big goal!  Hopefully soon you'll be hearing that I've made it! Thanks for reading!!