“Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
I cannot tell you how many times I have said those exact words in my lifetime. I have had the Lordʼs prayer (the prayer that Jesus taught in Matthew 6 : 9-13) memorized for as long as I can remember, Iʼve said those words every sunday (Iʼve had about 1,140 sundays in my life) I know and have performed a musical version and I even know a dance to it that I have performed with my old studio. They are engrained into my memory. This is a tool that Jesus used to teach us to pray. Everything in the Lordʼs prayer is so important!
Before this week, I never really thought about what these words meant. I always assumed the whole point of Christianity was to get me to heaven, and to give me a purpose while Iʼm here on earth. That purpose was to get others to heaven as well. . . right? But here, in the lordʼs prayer, these words I have said so often, is a completely different picture than the one I had in my content little mind. Heaven is coming here, to EARTH. Isnʼt that awesome? But I donʼt want to just wait around. Jesus showed up over 2,000 years ago. I think itʼs about time that everyone actually heard the good news and had the opportunity to chose heaven. In Cambodia, a very small percentage of people have even heard of Jesus, like in the single digits. 2,000 years and we havenʼt gotten there yet. There are displaced, sick, hurting and abused people all over the globe. I feel this huge sense of urgency to get the message to these people. I want to fill out the prophecy that all people will be reached. And I want to love on them and give them HOPE. Iʼm so privileged to be a part of this!!
Iʼm halfway through training camp and the biggest thing I can take away from this week is that WE are Godʼs answer. My squad is the answer, my team is the answer, I am the answer, and YOU are the answer. God didnʼt expect everyone to meet Jesus when he came. (Making it all the way around the world is a little easier in these days) But I know he expected us to share what weʼve experienced in his love and redemption. I want everyone to have the opportunity to share in being the answer. Iʼd love for you to join my team! (Jut click the support me link on the right!!)
Training camp has been awesome. Challenging, but absolutely amazing. I rode into Copperhill Tennessee nervous and anxious for what Iʼd find there. But 6 days ago, I waltzed onto the best squad I could ask for. Everyday is filled with stretching challenges, both spiritual and physical. Nothings easy, but Iʼve always said I couldnʼt lift 50 pounds. That was kind of my limit. But this week I carried an entire person up a hill with one arm!!
Training camp is coming to an end, but our journey is just beginning. I cannot wait to get home and share everything that happened this week with my friends and family, but most of all I canʼt wait for July. Iʼm ready to go. I used to think 11 months was a long time, but now I know itʼs not enough. There are so many people in the world! But if I canmake a difference in one personʼs life, and they can share it with one other, I would feel like I had done my job.
