God calls you during the most interesting times in your life. Never in a million years would I have thought that I would be called to do something like the World Race. Just a little over a month ago I was busy job searching wondering if I was going to find that 'dream job' and asking myself if the stupidest decision I had made to date was giving up my job offer at a Fortune 500 company. I have never been one to really make any decisions out of my comfort zone and here I find myself deciding to jump with both feet into all the uncertainties of the world that I may face while on the World Race. I don't know what to expect over the 11 months that I am gone and I would be lying if I said it didn't scare the crap out of me! But where would my faith be if I didn't listen and go? In Matthew 8:26, Jesus says, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. I may not know what lies ahead – the challenges, sickness, joys, beauty, healing, but I do know that I have a God that is leading me and will NEVER fail me! How lucky are we to have a God that we can always count on, who will always love us no matter what we do? It still amazes me!
Giving up control. I have always been one that doesn't just like but needs to be in control and in charge – I need to know exactly where I am going and be the one dictating how I get from where I am to where I want to be. Over the past couple years, I have continually prayed for God to use me in a way He saw fit but have never given Him complete control. As I approach my graduation from the Milgard School of Business at University of Washington Tacoma, I am finally able to say, “God, I am willing and I am giving you complete control.” The World Race is my something more! So… Here I am God, send me to the World!
SO EXCITED! 🙂
