The Half Marathon Girls

The Pictures I Promised!

I am a Christian...

When I say..."I am a Christian" I am not shouting "I'm clean living,"
I'm whispering "I was lost, now I'm found and forgiven.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I don't speak of this out of pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success,
I'm admitting I've failed and need God to clean up my mess.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect;
My flaws are far to visible, but God believes I'm worth it.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain;
I have my shares of heartaches, so I call upon His name.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner who received God's good grace somehow!

I'll get pictures posted when i get them, but yesterday was my cousin Carrie's wedding. It was very beautiful and centered on God. It was incredible and holy because it was their first kiss, and it made me think a lot about my wedding (in the future...) and how that day will be so incredibly glorious and holy because it will be OUR first kiss as well. Just thinking about the glory and purity in that...WOW

Anyway, so today Monz and Lauren and I ran the Missoula Half Marathon at 6AM. I'm so proud of them and I love running with them! It was awesome! And even though my foot was killing me from mile 8 on, it's such a rush to run that far and to FINISH! Woohoo!! And I was gonna put a picture up, but my computer isn't really letting me do that right now, so I'll do it later =) I promise

"I have been blessed

And I feel like I've found my way

I thank God for all I've been given

At the end of every day

I have been blessed

With so much more than I deserve

To be here with the ones that love me

To love them so much it hurts

I have been blessed"

So I wanted to post those lyrics by Martina McBride because they are so true. I have been blessed by God so much!! I need to thank Him more, cause a lot of times I find myself just asking for more, instead of telling Him how He amazes me and thanking Him for my blessings.

Then I was thinking, "Oh it's 4th of July I should do something patriotic" But I didn't want to be just like "everyone else" and get all patriotic for the day. Then another thought ran through my head..."Lauren you should be thankful for your country...it's one of the ways you've been blessed! Don't take it for granted! Today is the perfect time to reflect on your blessings."

So I want to say,

"If tomorrow all the things were gone, I’d worked for all my life

And I had to start again, with just my children and my wife
I’d thank my lucky stars,to be livin here today

‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,and they can’t take that away

And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free

And I wont forget the men who died, who gave that right to me

And I'll glady stand up, next to you and defend her still today

There ain't no doubt, I love this land...

God bless the USA"

Yes, the US is not perfect. But it is a HUGE blessing to live here.