I’m finally ready to let go… to let go of work, family, and preconceived ideas and to trust God in this next season of life.
It’s taken me a while to get to this point. I got accepted to the World Race earlier this year. It probably would have been best to get preparation in motion when I got that first phone call, but life just did not happen that way.
Shortly after I made a commitment to go, I got promoted at work. You may be thinking, well that’s great. And it was, (and still is) but it got me thinking that maybe I don’t need to go on this trip. I had always hoped to make a decent salary and be entrusted with responsibilities that truly mattered to the daily functions of an organization. It feels great to be needed and to get compensated.
With my new responsibilities at work, I got really busy working long days and then tax season started. Most nights I was exhausted, but found I myself lying in bed thinking about the next steps of the World Race, and I felt stuck. I wanted to go on the World Race, but this was the first time I’ve felt progress towards a career and not living paycheck-to-paycheck.
1 Corinthians 12:9
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”
My recurring theme word for this year is “strength”. These past few weeks I’ve seen this word as a “strength” to endure during a busy time in life and “strength” to walk away from my comfort zone. I realized that I was basing my worth and success on my job status, when my only true identity of value is in Jesus. My job could be gone tomorrow but Jesus has always been and will always be there. He is the one who has given me life and the desire to serve others. He has set me free from guilt and fear and I was reminded that I need to live in that faith. He is also the one who has called me to go and will give me the strength to actually do it.
So, here we are. I’m writing this blog and moving forward with one of the biggest decisions of my life. My goal is to raise $17,161 to cover my field expenses and insurance while I travel and my first financial deadline is July 22nd.
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Adventures in Missions P.O. Box 742570 Atlanta, GA 30374-2570
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