Quite Simply, This Is HARD!

Today was a very, very difficult day on the fast. I was at networking things all day, literally from breakfast until 10:30 at night. I did take some food with me, but the people who were eating dinner were all around me, so I was smelling the delicious food and I was eating salad, I really wanted a plate of that ziti and a roll! But I am determined to see this through, as God intends it, to the end. It is HARD though!

Tomorrow will be a little easier, I think, not so much running around. Today my friend Aurora went with me to the networking event, and we are in bible study together on Tuesday nights. One of the guys in there, Tristan, is turning 34 tomorrow, so Aurora and I decided to make Daniel Fast muffins to take to bible study for his birthday. I think he will get a kick out of it! She doesn't know it yet, but I want us to also cook some coconut rice for lunch while we're at it! I had some really great time with Aurora today.......the biggest blessing of this entire fast has been the people that I've met and gotten closer to through bible study and networking. I would not trade those relationships for anything! Not a hundred steaks or a mountain of cupcakes, both of which sound pretty good right about now!

One HUGE blessing is my friend Emily is back from vacation! It's funny, I felt led to pray for her and her family, specifically her son, while she was gone (her son has a high-functioning form of autism). Again and again, she was on my heart for prayer - that could be because she is a mighty prayer warrior herself. So today I got to talk to her, and she shared that another friend of hers had also felt moved to pray for her family and specifically her son. So God was calling us both in to blanket Emily and her family in prayer, that was pretty cool.

This is a completely selfish prayer request - Scott asked me to go out on his boat with him on July 4 to watch the fireworks on Lake Lanier. His boat is having some work done, and I really, REALLY want to go out on the boat over the holiday weekend, so please pray for those boat mechanics that they will work quickly and his boat will move to the front of the line. I know Scott appreciates the prayers as well.

Today, networking was just amazing. I spent a huge chunk of time with my career coach, and I feel like we are finally nailing things down in terms of my goals, my resume, my pitch speech, my interviewing. At the second event, I got to meet a few people I really needed to network with, so that went really well. I do have a tremendous peace about the job thing - I can feel that God is working in that situation and I know he is preparing the right thing for me. The same thing goes for the relationship situation, I'm finally learning to be patient and trust that God has his plan.

I am typing this in bed and I'm too lazy to go get my journal to see what the prayer focus is for tomorrow, my feet are aching from standing all day. But, I am making my own prayer focus restoration of hope. Pray that God restores my hope for the things that lie ahead, for growing in Him, and the healing that is taking place within me.

Group tomorrow night, I'll let you know how it goes!