There are many things that I wanted to do while on the race. Most of them involving God and Jesus, but some of them were just about seeing some things and being able to say that I’ve seen them. My short list of these included things like: seeing Dracula’s castle in Romania, seeing the Taj Mahal while in India, and most importantly seeing Mt Everest while in Nepal. I was so excited to see all of these amazing things. I couldn’t wait! Now as month four comes to an end I have had a realization. At first I was a little disappointed that I didn’t see Dracula’s castle but that wasn’t all that high up on my list so I wasn’t all to upset about not seeing it. Then slowly India slipped by and I didn’t get to see the Taj Mahal which left me a little disappointed but I just really had no chance to be able to. As I’ve been going from country to country I have been meeting all kinds of people, these people claim many different religions, and many different countries. Yet they all have one thing in common. They all have a list of this places they’ve seen and the things they’ve done that is longer than I am tall. Meeting all these people got me to thinking. It got me to examine something. Why do I really want to see these things? Why am I going on this trip anyway? After meeting these people I gained a new perspective. There are always people that have seen more than I have seen. Also what good does it do for me? Oh, cool I’ve seen a really big building or a really tall mountain or an infamous castle. All that I really gain from that is the ability to tell that story once to people, because let’s be honest no one really cares what cool buildings I’ve seen. The stories that I want to be able to tell for the rest of my life are the ones that took the place of seeing the worldly things. I’m excited to have to stories of walking into a village in India and preaching the gospel to that village and watching lives change before my eyes. I’m excited to be able to tell people that through the power of prayer we saw the lame walk, and the sick healed. We saw our weak words hit hearts with only the precision that God could have. We saw people fall to their knees weeping while we prayed for them, only to stand up and say “praise the Lord” in a language they did not speak. I’ve had experiences with the Lord that words can’t explain, and I’ve had times that have only lasted second that I can talk about for hours.
I am falling to pieces over this new relationship that I have found with the Lord. I don’t need to see the things of this earth anymore. I only long to see Gods glory and his work being done here. Wow I can’t believe the ways that God has already changed my life and my mindset and it’s only the end of month four. I can’t wait to see where I’m at when month 11 comes to an end. The world is nothing more than an illusion; it’s like a rainbow off in the distance, the closer you get to where you think it is the further it seems to be. You’ll never actually reach the end of it. It’s kind of funny how that analogy holds true in more than that, because we always seem to be chasing after that pot of gold that’s at the end of the rainbow yet the closer we get the farther it really is. I am proud to admit that I am no longer chasing the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I am just going to sit and dream of the streets of gold that my Lord and I shall walk down hand in hand.
