July 18, 2024

This was my Verse of the Day today. Probably yours too if you follow the Bible App. 🥰

On August 26, 2016, I listened to a sermon by @PriscillaShirer and this was the key verse. I sat in a hotel room praying/crying on my knees because I was so spiritually, mentally and physically drained. I was scheduled to compete at Master’s Worlds and almost didn’t make it to the tournament because of all of these thoughts of not being good enough. I also wasn’t even sure if I was going to have a coach this morning and competing alone scared me.

I had invested a lot of time and training to compete, but didn’t expect much, as I had lost a handful of matches the same year. Ended up winning 2 of my matches that morning. I didn’t get to fight my 3rd, but would have been surely demolished by the amazing @mariangelfrench. 😂 Went home to San Diego with a Gold Medal, a tweaked arm (found out it was broken 4 days later) and a sigh of relief that I actually was forced to rest because of the injury.

If you’ve heard this story, thanks for reading again. In my difficult times it’s hard for me to remember and so I rewrite it again to hopefully

remind myself that all the hard work if done for Christ is never in vain. Although sometimes in the present it doesn’t seem like anything is happening, God is orchestrating stories that are unbelievable. I have dozens of them.

Happy Thursday. 🥰