It’s debrief time in Macedonia. Debrief is a time of remembrance, it’s a time to focus on the goodness, remember the hard times, give it to God, give that burden to the Lord and seek the person who is grace: Jesus.
This past month brought up some brokenness, things that I need to bring back to the Lord. In bringing it to the Lord I’m reminded of how far I’ve come and how GOOD our God is. I’m reminded that we are all broken vessels, being used by God. Sometimes we need to be reminded of who we really are in Christ and how he views us.
Brokenness creeps in sometimes, sometimes the messiness of our past haunts us, the heartbreak and imperfections consume us… I’ve had moments on the race where I thought:
“who am I kidding, I will always be who I used to be”
The race has taught me about this line in life, it kind of makes a spiral shape, that line is a struggle, a lie that you believe, or a temptation. You’re in a journey representing the separate straight line, called life, that goes right through the spiral.. once you go through a struggle or temptation and give it to the Lord it doesn’t mean it disappears, it’ll come back around again every once in a while. You can either sit in it and say “poor me I’ll never change” OR you can say “NO the Lord freed me from this so I’m going to cling to that freedom, I’m going to cling to HIS truth, and HIS love for me”
These are some daily reminders:
He delights in us.
He chooses us.
He’s on our side.
He is for us.
We are His bride.
We are His prize.
He is full of pride when He looks at you.
ALL because he LOVES US.
Being half way through the race, I’ve become more homesick, the thoughts of life back home have been consuming a lot of my thoughts. What will I do? Where will I live? I have to keep reminding myself of who holds my life, and that’s Jesus. Be at peace with where you are, rest in a place of wonder, rest in his love, be at peace with where he’s taking you, trust that He will provide, keep running after life with Him, I can almost guarantee life will be better than you imagined.
