There have been many late (okay till 9:30) nights recently spent Skyping with my fellow racers. Tonight was just one of the many. I got home from work thinking I was heading home to see my family and friends for the weekend but instead decided to stay home. Feeling a little bit like a loser with nothing to do on Friday I reached out to my teammate and initiated a Skype chat. This person in particular is someone I have become really close with in a very short amount of time. She (along with all my fellow racers) are a huge blessing to my life. God flows from this girl like the mighty Mississippi. She is all around an inspiration to me. We joke and laugh and act random but then we have in depth conversations about her youth groups and my work and how God’s presence is in all things. As we were departing tonight we established a bet; an innocent bet.
Her knowing how much I LOVE flossing she bet me I would be flossing only once every three days by the time we get to Africa. (Guys this is not just a mundane task I do for my oral health; I cannot sleep without flossing and may or may not have driven a half hour at 10 pm one night to get floss on a work night).
Jokingly I told her if I would sacrifice even a half an hour of sleep to get floss I should be sacrificing a WHOLE lot more for the lover of the universe; maker of the heavens and the earth. I want to take this moment to dedicate this post to Nikki Friesen because she inspires me to be myself as random and weird as I can be at times but because she also challenges me to love myself like He does as well as challenge myself. Thinking about my floss led me to want to dedicate my life and my comforts to God. No I do not plan to stop flossing but I want to make it known I am willing to make sacrifices for the sake of God and in His name. I know at this time God is asking me to sacrifice my stable job, my current home, time with my family and friends, and even the safety of living in the United States to further His Kingdom. I want to from this moment on in my race and in my walk with God to pray for an open heart to receive the requests from my maker; to continue to sacrifice in His name when those times arise.
