I hope you have had a chance to read about my World Race preparation experience here in my last blog post on training camp. Definitely read it before you continue this post. It has been a week and a day since then, and I:
-am back home in Nashville.
-still have a lingering sore throat.
-feel unshakably tired.
-miss the incredible people I met there.
-feel more scattered than usual.
-have a lot of preparation to do.
So, I was more excited than ever when I left training camp. I couldn’t wait to leave on my journey in January of 2015. But that is still 2 months away. I wanted (and still am striving) to be fully present where I am. I made a promise to myself to do this. I am still in Nashville, living with awesome roommates, volunteering with my great Young Life team, going to my small group, and working! Life is life and it goes on. And you know what? God still works. He is working this very moment. Every day God opens His loving arms and invites us to be with Him, walk with Him, learn from Him, and be apart of what He is doing.
Like I said above I feel tired and scattered. Even as I type this blog. I feel like that person you see in the movies or in a commercial that has two lanes of car traffic whizzing by him in accelerated time, all while he is standing there watching the world fly by him. That’s how I feel and I don’t like it.
The other day I opened our refrigerator and noticed that we have a writing pad on the front of the fridge door. Who knows how long it has been there with my lack of attention skills, but at the bottom of the sheet it quotes Hebrews 12:12 (TLB): “So take a new grip with your tired hands, and stand firm on your shaky legs.” I like that. I like that a lot. I feel like it can be something I can read over and over again and yet still need to hear. I am exhausted, but I can take a new grip now and always. The passage in Hebrews 12 goes on to describe how we are God’s children and He will have us “disciplined” and to have us go through trials because He loves us like any good Father does – but more so. He wants to refine us and make us more like His son.
So going through this slow slump/hard season, I am thankful to know that it is with purpose that the Lord does what He does in my life.
Been listening to this song a lot lately: Good Good Father
