I’ve been thinking about my expectations for this trip and it really got me thinking…why don’t I do this every year? Why do I only sit down to intentionally write my expectations for the huge journeys in life? Why don’t I place as much importance on the small steps as I do on the large ones? Isn’t it the “small” steps that allow me to make these large leaps?
From now on, I commit to being intentional about my expectations in both the seemingly small and large moments in life.
But since I do have this huge journey in front of me, I thought it would be important to commence this adventure with intentional expectations for the year.
So what do I really expect?
For one, I expect the unexpected. In other words, I don’t want to be so constricted by my own expectations that I miss out on the crazy adventure God has for me.
I expect to be changed. I don’t expect what I perceive to be normal now to be my normal when I return. I don’t even expect to be the same person when I return.
I expect to see God move in mighty, miraculous ways. I expect to see people’s lives changed, the captives to be set free, the sick to be made whole, the blind to see, and girls to be freed from the grips of human trafficking.
I expect to live in community the way we were meant to live with others.
I expect to no longer live by rumors of God, but to know Him firsthand.
I expect to fall so deeply, head-over-heels in love with Jesus that I no longer settle for just loving Him.
I expect to change the world.
And I expect to come home and experience the same kind of life.
Ok, so maybe I do have some expectations, but I also expect to lay them at Jesus‘ feet and prepare myself to be so amazed by what He has for me this next year! I am so excited to share in this journey with you!
