Conquering, Blessings, and Dancing God

The past two weeks have flown by. I have spent a majority of my time in rehearsal, typically around 6 or 7 hours a day. It is exhausting. I don't think that I realized just how exhausting until today when I went to get up for church. It was a struggle. I have spent the day exhausted and plan to sleep early tonight. While others are almost done with their tech jobs, my is only beginning. So more exhaustion is on its way. But I was reminded by my church today that God will not give me more than I can handle. And that I am a conqueror in Christ. I don't do this by my own strength, but by my God who strengthens me. I am so grateful for that.

I have been so blessed by my church. It was a long road getting to a place where I knew where I needed to be. But I am sure that this is the place. Where else am I challenged every week to be better, to not just sit and politely listen to the sermon, but engage and think along with what is being spoken, to recognize just how blessed I am, to aim for excellence, to draw closer to my God and have a relationship with him. I needed to get some groceries before I headed home after the morning service. I met Rachel and Grace on my way back. I stopped. Rachel asked me if I was okay. I said I was tired. She let me go so that I could take a nap. At the end of the evening service Rachel and Grace pulled me aside and gave me a gift. They bought me a heart shaped notepad and wrote encouraging things in it. That is the kind of community that I want to be a part of. One where we lift each other up, not matter what. I felt very blessed by them.

Another thing about my church that I love is that they have a dance team. Today three guys did some hip-hop to one of the songs. It was great. And Susana, who is in charge of the group, asked me to be a part of it too. So now there are six of us, three guys and three ladies. I'm so excited to start dancing again. I just have to wait until I get back from London to join them on Tuesday nights. Yay!