I’ve got to get it off my chest.
I’ve been greedy.
Since starting fundraising for the World Race, some mentality, an incorrect mentality, grew inside me the more I strived ( strove?) to fundraise.
Although I read AIM’s incredibly helpful and practical fundraising tips, and my intention was to do fundraising “right,” I couldn’t. I was stuck in a lie that all fundraising was getting money, and I had to strive and stress and acquire all of that money….fast.
Before the World Race I had never raised support. My pride blocked me from seeing what fundraising for what it truly is, a time to build relationships with my supporters, be vulnerable and honest with them, and reach out and ask for help.
I was trapped in a lie. A lie that I had to strive, that I had to earn people’s donations. (Deeper than that, I thought I had to earn their affection! … But I’ll save that whole revelation for another blog. ) All of this striving caused me to experience too many anxiety- filled moments to count. How sad that I missed so many moments of joy by being consumed, engulfed & bogged down with this one element of the World Race.
I’ve learned the Truth now: that this money that I am raising isn’t for me, it’s for the Kingdom of God. When people are donating to me, they’re supporting the drive, the forward motion of the Kingdom of God coming to earth. Each donation to any World Racer is a boost for them to go out into the nations and serve, and be the Light and Salt that Jesus calls them to be, in fact calls all of us all to be.
God has done more miracles in my life than I’m even aware of. Just to name a few, He’s broken chains of addiction, depression, sexual sin, gluttony, bitterness, comparison, and laziness.
I thought I needed to “fix” these things but instead, just ended up fixating on them. The more I meditated on these things, the bigger they became in my life. Like my Squad Pappa, Gary says, “What I focused on, I empowered.”
God knew it was time for me to focus on someone else: Jesus.
On this Race, I’ve received something new:
God’s pure, unconditional, unfailing, perfect, miraculous, unswerving, Grace.
I’ve just begun to taste it, and now I want MORE.
I want EVERYONE to taste it too. It’s too awesome to NOT have!
So my question for you is this, will you support the Kingdom by helping me stay on the Race?
God wants to continue to use me on this Race and show His Furious Love and His Kingdom to people in Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Africa and Swaziland. There are people in these countries who are waiting for Him and His Love, and I’m ready and willing to continue going!
In order to continue spreading the Kingdom of God on earth (like butter spreading on toast) I still need to raise $3,122.
This money needs to come in immediately, or else I’m in serious jeopardy of not being able to go to these countries.
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