2015 is here and my official countdown has begun! In just nine short months I will be getting on a plane to start my World Race journey!
The last Hobbit movie finally came outlast month and as I sit here thinking about the World Race I can’t help comparing myself to Bilbo from the beginning of the story. He is presented with this idea of going on a journey and he doesn’t want any part of it. For most of my life that has been me. I have been the one playing it safe, not taking risks. Staying where it’s comfortable. But then Bilbo has a change of heart and goes rushing off to catch up with the dwarves. He knows that there is HUGE risk involved in going with them. He really has no idea what to expect, and yet he chooses to go.
In my mind that is what happened to me when I committed to going on the Race. I was so nervous. I remember thinking, “once I click that button and say I’m going there’s no turning back”. I was afraid, but I also knew, like Bilbo as he looked around his empty house after the dwarves left, that continuing in my comfortable life wouldn’t be enough.
So despite the danger and the fear Bilbo chose to go and he became a better hobbit because of his adventure. He grew in ways that never would have been possible if he had stayed in the Shire. Like Bilbo I know that this next year of preparation, and the 11 months after, is going to change me for the better and help me to grow into the woman God wants me to be and I am so excited to discover who she is going to be.
Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure it out on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! ~ Proverbs 3:5-7 the Message
