LOOKING BACK ON TRAINING WEEK, ONE THINKS, “THAT WAS JUST A WEEK LONG?” EACH DAY IS JAMMED PACKED WITH LEARNING, SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND RELATIONALLY… AND IT’S AWESOME. GOD IS PERFECTLY FAITHFUL, AND REMINDED ME IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. WHENEVER FEAR OR ANXIETY WOULD CREEPS ITS WAY IN, GOD WOULD SPEAK TRUTH IN ME THROUGH WORSHIP, TEAMMATES, OR TRAINERS. INSTEAD OF ENDING THE WEEK WIPED OUT, I FELT REJUVENATED!
FOR THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF TRAINING OUR SPEAKER, RON WALBORN, TAUGHT ON SPIRITUAL FORMATION. MY BRAIN WAS JAMMED PACKED WITH WISE GOODIES FOR HOURS UPON HOURS, BUT MY FAVORITE ASPECT OF THE TEACHING WAS SEEING IT DEVELOP IN THE HEARTS OF RACERS ALL AROUND ME. DRASTIC CHANGES OF HEALING, HOPE, JOY AND CONFIDENCE RADIATED WITHIN THE SQUADS. EXPECTATIONS WERE BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER BY WHAT GOD CAN DO IN US AND THROUGH US.
THE COMMUNITY OF WILLING FOLLOWERS GAINED A SENSE OF DIVERGENT THINKING, AKA INTELLECTUAL ORIGINALITY OR EVEN DIVERGENT SPIRITUALITY! BASICALLY PEOPLE TAPPED INTO THEIR WEIRDNESS AND IT WAS LEGIT! STRIPPING OFF OUR BOUNDARIES OF WHAT GOD CAN DO, OUR LIMITED PERSPECTIVES, OUR DESIRE TO CONFORM, AND REPLACED IT WITH OPEN MINDS, HUNGRY SOULS, AND THE FREEDOM TO ACT LIKE A FOOL! IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE GOOD OL’ BIBLE, GOD USES FOOLS; THE CRAZY STORIES OF RADICAL OBEDIENCE LOOK FOOLISH TO SOCIETY, BUT ARE THEY REALLY? I THINK JESUS LOVES WHEN WE ACT LIKE FOOLS FOR HIM. JESUS CAME TO FREE THE FOOL!
I WANT TO START LIVING MY LIFE INTOXICATED WITH CHRIST LOVE, FULL OF HIS PERFECT “MADNESS”. ACTING LIKE A FOOL FOR HIM…WHICH I’M PRETTY GOOD AT NATURALLY…YES I AM THE GIRL WHO WORE THAT BLUE MORPH SUIT FOR SQUAD WARS…AND “L YES” MY SQUAD CAME OUT VICTORIOUS. 😀
“I SEE THAT THE LORD IS ALWAYS WITH ME, I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN, FOR HE IS RIGHT BESIDE ME. NO WONDER MY HEART IS GLAD, AND MY TONGUE SHOUTS HIS PRAISES! MY BODY RESTS IN HOPE. FOR YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MY SOUL AMONG THE DEAD, OR ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO ROT IN THE GRAVE. YOU HAVE SHOWN ME THE WAY OF LIFE, AND YOU WILL FILL ME WITH THE JOY OF YOUR PRESENCE.” ACTS 2:25-28
THANK YOU TO ALL MY DONORS AND PRAYER WARRIORS! I AM FULLY FUNDED! GOD IS JUST SO LEGIT! I AM BLESSED BEYOND WORDS! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
