I\u2019m not a big fan of new year resolutions. It could be that I have a terrible track record keeping them.<\/p>\n
But this year I decided that I need to take better care of my health.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a terrible binge-eater. I don\u2019t bring a lunch (there\u2019s rarely a break long enough to enjoy it anyway), I rarely eat breakfast (I have no appetite at 6:00 am), so I’m starving by the time I get home. Whatever carb is most accessible in the cupboard is my usual go-to.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n So, I decided I need to do better.<\/p>\n I wanted to have a little fun with forming these new habits, so January was called \u201cSalad January.\u201d I informed Amy and my staff and some even jumped on the salad wagon with me. Accountability always helps, right?<\/p>\n It was a terrible idea.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Salads are awful.<\/p>\n Jumping into February, I adopted \u201cNo Sugar February.\u201d<\/p>\n This, too, is hard.<\/p>\n Everything has sugar. Especially the bulk cookies that students bring me for Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n Halfway through February, I walked into the staff room with a deep craving for a New York cheesecake (the mind does funny things when you deprive yourself<\/strong><\/span>). A couple staff members in there at the time laughed at my struggles with \u201cno sugar February.\u201d \u00a0I shrugged it off and \u201cenjoyed\u201d my avocado and toast (I\u2019m that guy now!).<\/p>\n The next day, a staff member surprised me with a little slice of cheesecake.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t seem like much, but it\u2019s the small things that count. There\u2019s something about the Lord\u2019s timing in community\u2014gentle reminders that his joy is found even in the smallest of places (or pieces in this case).<\/p>\n \u201cThese things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(John 15:11). I\u2019m deeply appreciative of the care our staff shows for one another day-after-day.<\/p>\n Encouragement on the whiteboards, sassy jokes and comments around the staff room, and the small gestures of gratitude\u2026like cheesecake.<\/strong> <\/span>It may not seem like much, but these small gestures are great reminders of the richness of community and God\u2019s boundless love for each of us.<\/p>\n Full disclosure: I ate the cheesecake during no sugar February.<\/p>\n It. Was. Delicious. Joy does come in small slices!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m not a big fan of new year resolutions. It could be that I have a terrible track record keeping them. But this year I decided that I need to take better care of my health. I\u2019m a terrible binge-eater. I don\u2019t bring a lunch (there\u2019s rarely a break long enough to enjoy it anyway), […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":6881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,28],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-school","category-nurturing-hearts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6873"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=6873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Starting With Salad<\/h2>\n
A Sweet Surprise<\/h2>\n