I Swear I Lived

So basically my church is awesome and God knew exactly what He was doing when He moved me there which makes God even more awesome (like the most awesome).... But anyway, our AMAZING worship team sang this song this morning at the end of service. Maybe it was the fact that the lyrics were being presented in a "prezi" way but it really spoke to me and goes along perfectly with the blog I wrote two days ago. No matter how hard life gets, I want to be able to say, at the end of the day, I swear I lived. God took time to make this life just for me, now it's my turn to live up to it! 

Go listen to this song! (Although, I'm pretty sure the worship leader sings most songs better than the original artists, so I'm sorry if you don't get the privledge to hear him sing it.)

Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall

Hope when the water rises, you built a wall

Hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name

Hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay

Hope that you fall in love, and it hurts so bad

The only way you can know is give it all you have

And I hope that you don't suffer but take the pain

Hope when the moment comes, you'll say...

I, I did it all

I, I did it all

I owned every second that this world could give

I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken bone, I swear I lived

Hope that you spend your days, but they all add up

And when that sun goes down, hope you raise your cup

Oh, I wish that I could witness all your joy and all your pain

But until my moment comes, I'll say...

I, I did it all

I, I did it all

I owned every second that this world could give

I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken bone, I swear I lived

Oh [4x]

With every broken bone, I swear I lived.

With every broken bone, I swear I...

I, I did it all

I, I did it all

I owned every second that this world could give

I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken bone, I swear I lived.

Oh [4x]

I swear I lived. Ohhh [2x]

One Republic "I Lived" 

Another One Bites The Dust

Well here we are. Another year down. Yet another birthday gone by.

Milestones,like birthdays, get me thinking about life. As they do most people I'm sure. Things I've thought about today in particular: how tired I am, how no one should ever work on their birthday, how much my toes hurt, how boring my life is, blah, blah, blah.... 

But then I got to thinking about everything that has happen this year.  I mean we can get so caught up in our everyday, boring, routines that we forget about the amazing things that happen in our life. So forget about my toes (easier said than done), let's take a look back....

My 28th year:

My adventures this year included my first mission trips:

Questa, NM

And Uganda...

I also got to check a few things off my bucket list like: 

Stay at the resort where Dirty Dancing (the best movie of ll time) was filmed.

Visit wine country in CA- Napa and Sonoma.

Visit San Francisco and some pretty famous landmarks for 90's kids like myself (Full House)

I also accomplished some pretty great things too, like:

A 55 mile bike ride....

My 3rd and 4th half-marathons

 

As well as my first full marathon

I also took some time to look forward today. So with a new year starting today these are my goals and things I'm most excited about....

My 29th year

Goals: 

-buy my first house (hopefully it'll make me feel a little more grown up)

-complete my second sprint triathlon 

-run some more half marathons 

-ride a 100k bike event

What I'm most excited about:

-becoming a Godparent (seriously this consumes 90% of my thoughts nowadays)

-my second Questa mission trip

-buying a house

It's good to look back to remember all the things God has brought you though. It gives your future more of a purpose, I think. But looking forward, I just keep reminding myself that "life's like an hourglass glued to the table" and we can only make tomorrow better than today.