Song of Solomon 2:15 says "Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom." This last month was like that. God had big things, good things. We enjoyed a lot of them, but some little foxes, some small infections, slipped in unnoticed and took some of the best fruits. It was still one of my favorite months of the race, but I look back with regret, knowing that it could have been greater. And then I realize that settling for foxes and infections is a side effect of low expectations (and I become thankful for Daddy's heart to redeem and teach me from the good and bad things). When we know that God had greatness for us, but we don't fight for that greatness, we settle. Settling really suggests that we don't feel that the prize is worth the fight. But if we know how great the prize is and don't go for it, it must be that we feel either unworthy of the prize or too small to take on the giant in the way, setting low expectations of ourselves. I realize that when we focus on the waves, that smallness returns, and we must "look to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."