Chick-fil-A Stimulus Package in Myrtle Beach
Good news! The cows at the Myrtle Beach Area Chick-fil-A locations are implementing their very own Stimulus Package TODAY!
When you make a purchase at any of our 9 locations, save your receipt, come back at any time in the month of March…to the same location, and receive the same items on your receipt for FREE! Seriously! Free food!!!! How awesome is that!
So, if you live in the Myrtle Beach area, go to a Chick-fil-A for dinner and desserts (mmm…milkshakes) and come back in March and have dinner and dessert for FREE!
Some things to remember: you must have your receipt, you must go TODAY, promotion is for dine-in, carry-out, and drive thru only.
Facing My Giants
We all have giants to face, don’t we? Some are giants of our own making, some are giants forced upon us, and others are a combination of both. Either way, it’s tough to stare into the face of a giant knowing the great possibility of defeat at its hand. Lately I feel like I have been staring at the face of my giant…one that is both of my making and forced upon me. I have allowed myself to tremble in fear and refused to step forward in attack. What’s worse, I stopped believing that I have a responsibility to praise the Lord WHILE facing my giant. Yes, you read correctly…my responsibility. I allowed myself to wallow in fear, doubt, and self-pity…and thus, placed myself directly into the place Satan would love to keep me. In apathy. In selfishness. In pain.
I have been reminded of the story found in 1 Samuel concerning David and Goliath. In case you are unfamiliar with the story, here is a very brief synopsis. The Israelites were God’s chosen people. The Philistine army had gathered for war against Israel. They had a secret weapon…Goliath. Goliath was said to be over 9 feet tall and the champion for the Philistines (considering the average man is 6 feet tall, that should give you some idea of how big this man must have been). The Israelites were terrified of him and were paralyzed in fear of Goliath’s size and taunts. I understand this fear. I’ve been wallowing in it. I, like the Israelites, have felt stuck to the same spot, immobile, unwilling to step forward and fight, and choosing to act defeated. David comes upon the scene and wonders why the Philistine has the courage to defy God, he volunteers to fight Goliath. Just imagine it, a child volunteers to fight a 9 foot tall giant!! He stood up to the giant with courage and assurance that the Lord was in control of the situation. And when the giant was defeated, he gave all praise and glory to the Lord. I imagine that even if David had been defeated, he still would have praised the Lord…even to his dying breath.
I’m not very good at facing giants. I tend to act like the Israelties and hide and run away from the battle out of fear…and perhaps self-preservation. I am willing to praise the Lord when I win the battle over a giant, butI fail to see the importance of praising my God in the times when the giants in my path defeat me. That is such the wrong attitude to have. So to steal a line from the movie, Facing The Giants, “If we win, we praise Him. If we lose, we praise Him.” There will always be giants along this journey that I am to face. It is my choice to face them (despite my fear), and then to praise God whether I come out the winner or whether I am defeated. May you, too, praise the Lord in victory and defeat, with whatever giant you may be facing today.
Surveys
I’ve been feeling “heavy” the last few weeks. Not necessarily bad, not necessarily good…just weighted down. So, in an effort at a little “lightness”, I participated in this little tagging survey on Facebook. From the ones I’ve read they are are pretty enlightening, interesting, and relatively funny. 
So, this is for you…my blogging friends. May you find yourselves in a place of lightness.
1. I have been tagged for this thing by a ton of people and have been avoiding it, however, today it was time to bite the bullet….I hate these kinds of things. 2. I technically met my husband online. He found me on AIM and we started talking over Christmas break of my junior year, we had our first date on January 14…a couple weeks later. 3. My ultimate desire is to be a mom…more than any other ambition. 4. I have two very distinct and opposite personalities: the extrovert who likes to talk and socialize with anyone and the introvert who just wants to stay at home and be quiet. 5. I put a contract on our house before Hal had ever seen it…I was convinced it was the home for us, and he was still in Greenville…so…..he loved it! 6. I have only been to the beach three times since I moved to Myrtle Beach in July. 7. I’m going to be an aunt in August! My twin brother and his wife are having a baby and I am super excited. 8. I am not at all like who I was in high school. I was not an overly nice person and really battled with who God was trying to mold me into being….I would never go back to high school, I like who I am now. 9. I shop like a man. I know what I want, I go get that one thing, and I’m done. 10. Of all the possible allergies I could have, I am allergic to coconut…go figure. 11. People have trouble understanding my name when I leave voicemails. Everyone thinks my name is Sharon or Sherry instead of Sarah…it’s really annoying. 12. I really miss home (Greenville/Spartanburg). I’m sure that comes as no big surprise. I’m hoping that Myrtle Beach will start feeling like home soon. 13. I would love to get a dog and call it Spurgeon…Hal thinks it would be better to have a pet rock names Spurgeon…I disagree. 14. I really have to get all dressed up now. I go through stages of loving jeans and flip-flops and now I like my skirts and heels. That will probably change in the summer. 15. I love my Jeep and she is slowly dying….a sad, slow death…the air conditioner just bit the bullet…yay for beach summers with no AC. EEK! 16. Hal and I have already picked out names for our future children. If we have a boy we want Charles Malachi (Charles is a Weber family name and Malachi means Messenger of God, we’ll call him Malachi…although Hal wants to call him Chi. If we have a girl we want Zoe Melissa (Zoe means life which is pretty fitting considering our fertility issues and Melissa is a version of my maternal grandmother’s name). 17. I am long-winded in everything, I don’t know how to say or write things in an abbreviated way, but I bet you could already tell that. 18. I love blogging. When I started blogging in June 07, I wrote like 5 days a week, now it’s more like once a week. But I love it…it’s cathartic. 19. I am best friends with my mom. As much as we fought and disliked one another in our past, we have slowly become great friends. I love that. 20. I am so lucky to be working for Chick-fil-A. They’re a fantastic company and my operators are all really interesting…and I love the food. That helps a lot. 21. Music is an outlet the Lord uses to speak to me, it makes worship all the more important to me. 22. I used to be part of the dance team at my old church. I miss that a lot. 23. I have great friends, and for those still in G-ville…I miss them greatly. 24. I love my husband more and more everyday, and I am so blessed that he picked me. 25. I am learning to love the Lord with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength, to truly live by faith, and to stand up when the world would like nothing better than to crush me.
Exercise=Yoga
I really used to love exercising. I loved the feeling of stretching and working hard and enjoying how my body looked and felt. And then I left college and I stopped exercising. Call it laziness….and I honestly just didn’t want to do it any more. However, I am starting to just feel BLAH! I’m tired of feeling tired all the time, and just generally not feeling as vibrant as I have felt in the past. I follow a blog www.katheats.com and she has been plugging yogadownload.com. They have classes from 20-60 minutes at all different levels from beginner to advanced. I couldn’t help but go check it out. Surely I have 20 minutes I can spend on exercising…right?
Well, my friends, now is the time to head over to www.yogadownload.com because they are offering their 20 minute classes for FREE! I just downloaded the beginners and some of the intermediates (wishful thinking). I am really looking forward to getting started and hopefully I will start feeling better about myself and just feeling better in general. So, go check out this website now!
