Good Morning Girls!  On Monday I started the next level of INSANITY.  It is a 9 week program.  Four weeks followed by a recovery week followed by another four weeks that are somehow more crazy hard than the first four weeks.  Lets just say, Monday was a bit of a rude awakening for me. 

I was feeling  frustrated because by the end of week 4 I was really gaining some confidence.  The workouts were still crazy hard.  I was still sweating like a pig.  However, each day I knew what to expect, and I was confident that if I just stuck with it and remained focused, I would finish strong.

 I like that feeling of confidence.  Who doesn't right?  I mean, which feeling would you rather walk around with all day...confidence, or fear of failure and inadequacy?  I have experienced both many times, and I tell you.......if given the choice......I choose confidence!

Hey wait!  I do have the choice!  I can choose confidence!  I can choose confidence each and every day.  The answer is in what, or rather, Who I choose my confidence in.  Can I start every day confident that I can get it all done?  That I will get it all right?   Not on my own I can't.

 However.....if I start my day trusting in the Lord.....if I trust Him at His Word when He says he will order my steps, and keep me from slipping.......If I put my hope and my trust in the finished work of Jesus, rather than my own ridiculous efforts, I can choose confidence every single day.  Best part is.....I will never be disappointed! 

God has provided us with pages and pages showing us why it is safe to put our confident hope in Him.  He reveals his unfailing, unlimited, faithful, and powerful love for us.  He assures us over and over again that we have what we need to finish our race......provided we put our confidence in Him and Him alone.

So I have survived the last three days of these newer, harder workouts.  I have survived them only because I tell myself over and over again "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".  I just keep moving......one minute at a time......until I am done.  In fact, that's how I live most of my life these days.  Telling myself day by day....hour by hour....and sometimes even minute by minute....that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. 

So Girls, if your confidence has been shaken a bit these days, quit looking at yourself, and your flaws, and look to the Lord.  He is the source of true confidence.  He will equip you for all that He has called you to do!

2 Corinthians 3:4 We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ.  It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own.  Our qualification comes from God.

Love, thanks, and confidence to you all,
Jen