So this morning when my alarm went of for me to get up for my 8AM class I woke up and saw something about how the RRHS swim team was on there way to regionals today. I felt nervous and excited for them and said a little prayer that they would have safe travels and a good day. I began to think about how much I miss Highschool swimming. I also started to remember how much meets would stress me out..to the max. On the outside I was calm, ready, but on the inside I was always a ball of nerves. I was always worried about how I was going to swim knowing that however I did it was just going to the the end all be all. Especially regionals, oh man would I be nervous. I always felt like I just HAD to do well to get peoples approval, It was just something that I always struggle with. I always got so into the there and now of it that I never realized how many bigger things were out there, it was so hard to grasp then but I realized God had bigger plans for me then just to swim well and be successful at it. He blessed me with a skill, but I did not always use it for his glory. I always felt that I had no definition if I couldnt swim, and couldnt be the best at what I did. Yesterday at church, we have been going through the book of James and we got to the part about how the rich will be humiliated and the poor will be exalted. To me I think it hit me in a different way then just money and status. I realized that for a long time I put alot of stock in things that really arent going to matter. Since I have been in college and swimming has been alot different, I have felt the true realizations of being very small fish in a very big pond. But I realized I want to focus on the things that are going to matter in the long run. The things that I did in high school seem sort of small now, dont get me wrong, high school is a really awesome time but Nobody at college has asked me how many school records I broke on my team, or how popular I was (even though I was never really popular haha) because a lot of that is just here and now. I thought I already knew this back then but I was clinging to my swimming as my source of self-confidence. So whatever you do, if you are an awesome athlete, if you focus on your studies, if you have artistic talents, whatever gift God has given you (because we ALL have been given gifts) I am not saying dont try at those things. those things are important, they are vital at building our character and making us unique. Always give the things you do your best effort. But always know that your true identity is found in Jesus. That once you are his, You are in fact a cut above the rest. He made us all to be different and have different talents and skills, but dont let those things define you, dont let the things of the world define you, let him define you as the wonderful person he made you to be. James 1:9-11 9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass[c] he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:47:16 +0000
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