I’ve been home from training camp for a little over 3 weeks now.
Everybody kept saying that the time in between training camp and launch was a very significant time. They had told us to not be so focused on launch and to try to remain present during this time at home. They said that if you’re in a constant state of looking forward to what’s ahead, you’ll miss what you’re currently in.
I thought I was doing that. I thought I was staying present in my life at home.But, just today it hit me that I haven’t been.
Ever since being back from training camp, I’ve talked about the world race so much. Like, if I had a dollar for every time I’ve mentioned the world race in the past 3 weeks, I’d be fully funded. It’s not a bad thing to be excited about what I’m going to do, but I’ve let it get in the way of being present in my life home.
Whenever I would talk about the race, some people bring up negative things or bad things that happen in other countries. They bring it up because they are scared for me.. not because they’re trying to scare me. It’s just a reality that they’re trying to deal with. But in that, I’ve found myself getting very frustrated and it’s causing me to be more irritable with a lot of different situations, regardless of if it involves the world race or not. It’s like a virus that keeps spreading. And that has taken place of the joy from new freedom I found at training camp.
My best friend mentioned to me today, “Just since you’ve come back from training camp you’ve been more irritable. Like you got free from stuff and maybe the enemy is attacking you because you are ready to go, but right now is the time to show the people here God’s love.” (gotta love friends that call you out on your crap.. for real).
But she’s so right. It’s time NOW to show people HERE God’s love. Regardless of what they’re saying about my trip.. Regardless of if my patient at work hits me (yes, this happened this week).. Regardless of if something goes wrong that’s totally out of my control.. my initial reaction should not be irritability. I should be showing the love of God in everything that I do. I should be operating out of the Spirit producing joy, love, peacefulness, kindness, goodness (Gal 5:22).
Today, I’m leaving to go on a mini-vacation with my family to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I feel like this trip couldn’t have happened at a better time. And this week, I want to really focus on my family. I want to be present and spend time with them. Regardless of what conversations may come up about the race or what may happen that is completely out of my control, I’m choosing joy, gentleness, love, peacefulness, and kindness. I’m choosing to operate out of the Spirit and not my flesh.
July fundraising update!!! I’m 75% funded! Wooohhhh!! I’m almost there!! I reached my July goal of being 70% funded! My goal for August is to reach 80%.
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