Several weeks ago, I was hoping to get one or more new fitness classes on the schedule at the gym where I have been subbing. But I wasn't given a class. I understood the practical reasons why I didn't get the classes. I am still a novice in their programs, there are much more experienced teachers in line ahead of me, and the gym has no real need for a new class on the schedule. Nevertheless, I wrestled disappointment for days. It seemed to me that I had been training for nothing. I took my disappointments to God in prayer, because that's usually what I do with disappointments. I had questions for God, because I thought He was leading me to do all the training, but nothing was coming of it, apparently. As I lay on my bed thinking and talking to my husband about the situation one morning, when there as a break in our conversation, I heard the Lord say, "I have my own purposes for your strength." Though I did not hear the words out loud, they came into