Well, the Race is just over halfway finished and I can’t say that anything has been the way I had expected. This is not a bad thing by any means, but it definitely is going to impact the way I choose to run the remainder of my race.
First off, I prepared for the World Race with every intention on blogging as much as possible (about once a week), I planned on journaling about everything I was experiencing and to use my small video camera to record my journey. As most of you can tell, I haven’t done any of those things. I have even been slacking in regards to taking pictures.
I have never really kept a journal, so it does not bother me that I haven’t written down anything about what I am experiencing. The reason I regret not blogging is mostly for those at home who were hoping to follow my journey. I wish I could have shared my experiences better with you all at home, but believe me when I say I am still trying to process much of my journey thus far myself. From now on out I will make an effort to at least take more photos, most of which probably will not make it posted online since I will be in Africa for 3/5 months remaining…But I will still be able to share them when I get home at the end of May.
Something that I thought when preparing for the Race was, “awesome, I am going to have almost an entire year to focus on the Word and get to know the Bible.” Yes, I have somewhat grown more close with God, but not in ways that I had expected. I have not read my Bible all that much, I have not spent as much quiet time or time in prayer as I would have thought and I definitely am not learning as much as I had hoped for. I guess expectations are not a great thing to have in regards to anything about the Race, but I have truly allowed myself to fail such expectations as these. Of course, I am the only one to blame for this. It is my responsibility to choose how I want to spend my time and to decide on waking up early to do these things. I have no one to blame but myself for not seeking the Lord as much as I should have been in the last 6 months. This is something that I have the ability to change over the next 5 months. I cannot live by a “shoulda’, coulda’, woulda’” mentality. I must come to terms that the past six months are over and in the past, this is a new season. We are hitting up a new continent. This is a new beginning. No expectations, no regrets. I am looking forward to this next leg of the Race.
Cheers to new season, a new beginning and a new learning experience. I plan on making the BEST of the next 5 months and living life to its FULLEST potential. I will choose to run my Race differently, but do not regret anything about the last 6 months.
I apologize for the lack of blogs, but I promise you many stories when I arrive home in 5 months time.
