I Finally “Get It”…..Training is for Life
 

 I am fifty years old…Fifty…50….an age where I used to think that by now, I would have ‘it”….Life….all figured out.  But, I am daily realizing that I will never have it all figured out.  

Because I will forever be in training… 

I am in training and will be in training all of my life.  Whether it be training to get physically fit, to become a better mother, daughter, sibling or employer. 

The training of myself never ends, until I end. 

Not only do I realize that my training days will never end, I also am realizing that training is lots of work and that I don’t look particularly good while doing it. 

On September 18, 2012, I committed to getting my body back into as physically good shape as I can.  Since that time, I have worked with a trainer to bring to life muscles which had atrophied these past years….it has NOT been easy.  At first, I could barely get through the 30 minutes of workout needing an additional 30 minutes just to “recover” after each session.  At first, I gained weight rather than lose it (WRONG direction I told Chad, my trainer, who assured me it would come down).  At first, I struggled on weighing, measuring and lower my food intake and drinking more and more and more water.  Chad told me it is a decision….do you want to “become” different or do you want to stay the same so that in a year from now, nothing has changed? Change requires training my “old” ways to leave and teaching my new ways to come into the forefront! 

I have been doing that.  I am successful in some areas….not so much in others.  I am faithful to train with Chad, probably because I pay him and really want to do well at each session.  I am struggling with the weighing/measuring/monitoring of what I eat. 

And, that’s okay…. 

I am in “Training”…… 

My daddy told me yesterday as we were discussing some life issues, “Sis…your Mama and I have figured out that if we want to be a certain way in our life…Godly, healthy, financially stable, serving of others…etc….that we have to work at it…we have to “train” to be that way…”

 

“every day…every day…every day”  

That is why my parents read their Bibles daily ( to train to be closer to God and more Godly in their lives). 

That is why my parents walk over 100,000 steps (yes, this is the truth) a week…(to train to be physically fit). 

That is why my parents attend church every time the door is open and why they host home church in their homes (to train to be Godly servants). 

“Sis…if you want to become something, you have to train yourself to become that, it won’t just happen”.   

And, you must do it….Every day. 

I believe my Daddy…I believe my Mother...for they live lives of "training"....in all ways.  A Godly example for me..my siblings...others to see.  Every day.  Every day.  Every day. 

Training….training…training. 

Will we always look beautiful to others while we train?  No.

Will we always have perfect form in our movements as we train? No

Will we always have the perfect work out? No 

But, what we will have change….one small step at a time…to a better us.  A better me… 

I think of my training as a season of transformation.  I told Chad I want “Whole-heart/body” training…… 

I want to grow in all ways…. 

Stronger relationship with God…..study Him

Closer relationship with my family….love them

Deeper friendships with friends…spend time with them

More physically fit body….exercise 

Regardless of what I want to grow stronger in….if I truly want to change in that direction, I have to “train”…. 

And, training is not easy…in fact, it is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do because to train whole-heartedly, I have had to look at my whole life… 

How did I get here?  How did I get this “unfit”?  Not pretty! 

How do I leave here?  How do I change for better?  Not easy! 

But, I can do this training…. 

It is a choice. 

While I know I have a long way to go and many things to keep working on…while I know I will struggle and sweat and won’t look pretty doing it.. 

I really do want to grow and be and become better in all ways….. 

Better in His ways 

And so, I will look to the rest of my life as that of a student who is in training…. 

Training…and training and training…. 

Every day….every day….every day! 

Blessings,

 

Lesa