Every now and then when I am flipping channels I will stumble on one of Joel Osteen's sermons and every time I do, I am amazed at how he has the ability to lift me up and remind me that God has so much more in store for me. I have a tendency to get so wrapped up in just "getting life done" that I forget to to slow down and ask my God "OnStar" system if I am going the right way. I would probably make way fewer mistakes if I just took the time to ask directions instead of just setting out by the seat of my pants which is how things usually happen these days. I imagine God sitting there just shaking his head saying, "Really Holli, Really?" But then, because he is my God, he takes my hand like one of my little Pre-K students and says, "Because you are my child and because my love for you is so strong, let's try this another time. Another way." Ever since I decided to open Slender You of Burleson, I have had moments of --Oh crud! What have I done? What was I thinking? And the big one, you're fat. Who's going to exercise at a fat girl's place. Then I stumbled on one of Osteen's sermons that reminded me that just maybe It has been God's plan all along that I open this place. Maybe that's why I have experienced so many hip surgeries and life changing issues. Could those events in my life have really been preparing me to be able to completely empathize with women who can't exercise the way that young people can. Maybe those events happened to give me courage to seek out others who need the help that I need. Maybe that's why I was born when my parent's were older. So I would have an opportunity to help them in their later years when life gets hard and it's tougher to get around. Maybe that's why my baby sister, Joey was unable to speak, so that I could learn to communicate with others when there aren't even words. I have no idea what His plan for me is, I just know that I am doing something that I never even imagined doing and I am helping people that I never imagined helping. Maybe, just maybe it has been in God's plan all along.
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