Isaiah 52.7

"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to God's people, 'Your God reigns!'" Isaiah 52.7

this morning, at breugger's, God sent me an early valentine. isaiah 52.7 was for us today. as if the encouragement we have already received wasn't enough, God affirmed me today. and actually, without His affirmation, all the others wouldn't be enough. (no offense to all the encouragers) but really. today i know, and i mean truly know, that Jesus wants this for me and han. he wants us to do this. he has gone before us and he is coming with.

unlike yesterday, today i didn't want to run. my body hurt and it was freezing (nc weather has a personality disorder- thank you, social work classes) but today i knew that our feet were bringing the Good News. some how, some way, God will use it.

our sweet friend katie came with us today. katie, you were so great! we ran to the gym, did some weight stuff, and ran home. running to the gym was fabulous. it encouraged me that there will be hard days but the running will get easier (sometimes). han and i agreed that we felt like we could have run for so much longer. but after lifting weights? different story. not such a breeze. on the way home we hit a hill on campus. not a noticeably sucky hill.  but OH did we notice it. as we approached this sucky hill, han's ipod died. note: if my ipod died i would probably cry (tears of sadness, this time). when we're running, my music keeps my feet moving. but hannah, hannah killed it. she ran up the hill and all the way home with no music. YGG.

after my shower, before team prayer, in the midst of rushing to get ready and brushing my teeth, hannah called me. all she said was, "julia kennedy". then i heard katie in the background say, "libby", and i knew. i hung up, rushed to get ready, and then ran into the living room to my computer and there it was. an email from libby. i called hannah and told her and she told me to look at the blog. not only did libby email us, but she commented on han's post. we're the first blog she's officially "followed". us. me and hannah. i was shocked, to say the least. i didn't have much time to cry or scream or anything cause i had to go to team prayer. but i still can't believe it. [libby, if you read this, we're nuts, i know. but it's huge to us]

speaking of my YL team- bless their hearts. i'm pretty sure (and it was lovingly pointed out to me) that my hormones might be going a little crazy. my body isn't used to running like we have been for the last couple of days. today we were on our way to dinner and exhaustion hit me like a ton of bricks. it all broke lose from there. my tiredness turned into bitterness which turned into laughing which turned into silence which turned into pissed-ness which...i could go on. (laney, you missed the show) bottom line: i'm thankful for my teammates. new (because y'all are new, but not inferior)- thanks for not holding my craziness against me. old- thanks for knowing me well enough to love me anyways even if i am mean, crazy, and hard to joke around with. 

tomorrow is our day of rest. i think it will be good for me.

affirmed in the midst of crazy,

Julia