I scheduled my World Race Interview for Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock not knowing at all what to expect..
It was the hardest interview of my life. Yet I felt so overwhelmed by God’s presence during and after it. I definitely struggle with wanting to stay in my comfort zone and I continue to feel God stretching me beyond it a little more each week. I spent the whole evening before the interview praying that God would bless it and give me the words to say and that the woman I was being interviewed by would be blessed, strengthened and renewed by our conversation.
Needless to say, I was nervous about figuring out how to share the things that I knew I’d be asked to share. I was stretched way beyond my wall of comfort. It can be hard to share such personal feelings and stories about your life with someone you’ve only met five minutes ago on the phone.
But God really just spoke through me as I shared my heart and by the middle of the interview I was having a hard time getting the words out through my tears. I wasn’t crying because of how much it hurt to talk about things but because of how absolutely overwhelmed by God’s grace I was for all that He’s brought me through and the things that He’s taught me along the way. God’s glory was revealed to me in such a magnificent way all through sharing my heart with someone I’ve never even met. Praise the Lord for His love for us! He is so faithful!
By the end of the interview I absolutely knew that this was the journey for me. I now know that this is what He’s been preparing me for all this time. The woman I interviewed with kept reiterating how refreshed she was by my story. I couldn’t help but smile knowing that was exactly what I had prayed about the day before. God has such a way of encouraging us.
I know that as challenging as that interview was for me, that it was the easiest thing I will have done by the end of this journey. I thank the Lord though that He never gives us more than we can handle and that His strength is made perfect in our weakness.
