The other day I was sitting on the beach. Here in South Africa the waves are huge and the rocks are mostly hidden. So, not really my cup of tea being the lack of adrenaline junkie that I am.
I was sitting there and I was watching a little girl with a bucket. She was standing on the shore where the waves come up and every time a wave would come she would put the bucket down in hopes of filling it up. I watched her do this time and time and time again with no success of getting this bucket full.
The Lord spoke to me. He said “why do you stand on the shore trying to fill up your bucket when there is a whole ocean?”
Oh. Okay then Lord. I see what you are doing there.
The other day I had dinner with my mentor who is in town for MONTH SEVEN debrief. I was just talking with her and letting her know that I was pretty tired and worn out and just kind of felt empty. This isn’t an uncommon feeling on the race despite what you may think. You know what she told me?
Go to the well.
The well that you know is there. The well that you don’t have to wait until your quiet time to go to. She went on to tell me that the well, that we all know is Jesus, is right there and that I can literally get refreshed anytime that I want to. That I could get refreshed right there at the dinner table AND the next morning on an off day. A well that is always there and it is always full. An ocean, if you will.
So, this morning I was doing my quiet time and I read a Proverb a day. Today was Proverbs 15. It is an incredible chapter that I highly recommend. It talks a lot about wisdom and it also talks a lot about grace and being slow to become angry and slow to speak and all of these different things.
The Lord ever so gently said “Why do you only strive to be a Proverbs 31 woman?”
I think a lot of us are guilty, especially me, of only focusing on verses that honestly get a lot of hype in the Christian world. If I can have an ocean of the Lord, why in the world am I going to settle for a wave full? If I can strive to be 31 chapters of a Proverbs woman, why in the world would I settle for only being a half a chapter at the end of the book?
There’s so much more to the Lord than the leftovers of a wave coming onto shore. Sometimes we have to dive in, despite the rocks and despite the waves that scare us. Because sometimes the scrapes from the rocks are worth being so immersed in the Lord and His presence and His glory and just simply Him.
I don’t always feel like doing my quiet time or praying or having “deep” conversations with people. I don’t always feel like getting in the ocean. Sometimes, just sometimes, I think I am satisfied with a little bit of a wave when really I’m not satisfied at all. I realize that I need to cannonball off the end of a pier and be so immersed that I don’t even know what to do with myself.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
Matthew 5:6
Shout out to all of my people!!! I am officially FULLY FUNDED to finish this race like planned. What a blessing. I am absolutely humbled at everyone’s support throughout this race. I say it all the time, I wouldn’t be here and I couldn’t do this without you guys. This is a journey that I will never, ever take for granted or forget or downplay because I know that it is so ordained by the Father. His hand has been on every aspect of it and I am absolutely blown away by it. The team and I are gearing up for our last week of Unsung Heroes. It has been a different month but a good one. We are excited to meet up with the whole squad next week and have month 7 debrief! I would love it if you would keep us all in your prayers as we enter into this because debriefs sometimes mean team changes. We are open and willing to enter into this next season with joy, no matter what it looks like because we know that whatever it is, it is for our good and His glory!
