"Everything in Between"

This was the title of the ESPN show tonight documenting Tim Tebow's journey from The University of Florida to a first round pick of the Denver Broncos.  No matter how you feel about Tebow, love or hate, if you watched the program, what stood out to me was the level of excellence in EVERYTHING he did.  Whether it was completely re-vamping his throwing motion or watching him train his body to endure the rigors of the NFL, he did even the mundane the best he could, with intentionality.

Ultimately Tebow wanted to be drafted, which he was, but it was all the work in between that made him "draftable" and that spoke to me in a big way tonight.

While my goal doesn't involve being drafted by an NFL team (though I did dream about it at one point in my life, that dream eventually made it on one of the lists I mentioned in my last post!).  My goal does involve huge life changing, life giving repercussions and that excites me, but it isn't going to just happen to me, I have to happen to it.  Certainly I want to keep my eyes open on the big picture, but the goal will be reached by being excellent in the mundane.  I believe there is LIFE to be found there as well, in fact I believe God shows up there more than I know.

This week has been tough mentally and physically, my choices involving food are vital to my success, but so are the intensity levels that I give during my workouts, the amount of sleep I get, how much water I drink, how many calories in take in, how many calories I burn,when I eat them, how often I eat them, writing it all down, etc.etc.etc.  Also know as the mundane,boring, hard, difficult, strenuous,intimidating details.  My goal is excellence in these areas so that I can reach my goal of losing 120lbs. This is hard for me, b/c to be honest I want results now (remember men are like microwaves!).  I can't do it alone, so I have really appreciated the words of encouragement and interest in me, it fuels me to want this even more, so thank you!

What about you?  What about your daily mundane tasks?  Could there actually be LIFE there?  Could it be that you are right where God wants you?  I asked myself these questions this week about my work, about this whole 120project stuff, about being a husband and a father...do I/we do the mundane well?  Or do I only find life in those things that are "big" or that benefit me or that I know I'm good at?  For me, my perspective (along with my heart) must change and the 120project is forcing me to do this. There is LIFE in "Everything in Between". Be Intentional.

recurring thought of the day:

The 120project is about SO much more than losing weight.