FRIDAY
Have you ever heard of the Christian movement called “I am Second’? Well I heard about it about a year ago and watched several people who have been in the public eye testify and show their faith. So when I heard Bradie James was going to speak for I am Second here at LSU I jumped at the opportunity to go see him speak. The idea behind I am Second is claiming that you come second to God. He deserves to be first in your life. This is the description from their website:
Inspiring the Revolution of Second.
I am Second is a movement meant to inspire people of all kinds to live for God and for others. Actors. Athletes. Musicians. Business leaders. Drug addicts. Your next-door neighbor. People like you. The authentic stories on iamsecond.com provide insight into dealing with typical struggles of everyday living. These are stories that give hope to the lonely and the hurting, help from destructive lifestyles, and inspiration to the unfulfilled. You’ll discover people who’ve tried to go it alone and have failed. Find the hope, peace, and fulfillment they found. Be Second.
Check out what Bradie has to say about why he is second:
I had heard of Bradie James before because he played football at LSU and plays for the Dallas Cowboys. Each year LSU hosts a breast cancer awareness gymnastics meet and Bradie comes to this meet because his mom lost her battle to breast cancer. He has shirts made and raises money for breast cancer awareness in honor of him mom, Etta James. Another thing that I learned about Bradie was that his mom and dad both died in the same year and his mom didn't tell him that she had breast cancer until she was almost gone. I can only imagine how hard that had to have been. Although he made some not so "God-like" decisions in college he got back on the right path and is now happily married. I enjoyed listening to him speak.
Bradie is in the middle of the guys seated
SATURDAY
Saturday morning I participated in the Race for the Cure which is a 5K race held on LSU's campus to. I have participated in this race every year of college. Breast cancer awareness is very close to my heart because my Meme lost her battle to breast cancer and also my Aunt Christy had a scare a few years back but she is fine now. The chances of me or one of my sisters getting breast cancer is pretty high so I support the research as much as possible. It was so amazing to see all the people who came out Saturday morning for this race. They announced that there was a record of over 12,000 participants and over $450,000 was raised. WOW! I was so excited to hear that!
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| The group us that walked together: Macey, Olivia, Liz, Ashley, Me, And Allyson |
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| Me :) |
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| Macey and Olivia Sims |
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| Liz and I |
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| Allyson and Ashley Sterritt |
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| Many groups of people had such creative shirts. I loved this one!! |
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| Beautiful pink trees were in bloom all down the lake. I thought this was such a blessing :) |
Both of the events that I went to last weekend were so inspiring. I am inspired by God and by those who make a stand for what they believe in and also by all those battling cancer and cancer survivors. It makes me want to do more with my life so I can help inspire others. So my question is this, What inspires you?
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